Trent Freeman is really
on a roll as he returns
to the Comox Valley
for a CD release party.
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Judge to return
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Erin Haluschak

years ago and attended
Highland Secondary School
in Comox.
The accused cannot
A Comox Valley teen will
have to wait until the new be named because of the
year to see how long he will Youth Criminal Justice Act
remain in custody and the (YCJA).
The hearing began Monseverity of his sentence for
the second-degree murder day with family members
reading emotional victim
of James Denton.
The three-day sentenc- impact statements, and
ing hearing ended Wednes- explained the impact of
day morning, with Justice James’ death on their dayto-day life.
R.B.T. Goepel
Baines noted
noting he will
Clearly, this the onus is on
need
more
time to make is a difficult task. the Crown to
prove why the
his decision as I do need some
accused should
to whether the
be sentenced
teen will be time to reflect
as an adult,
sentenced as a and read further
and presented
youth or as an details.
six aggravating
adult.
Justice R.B.T. Goepel facts to Goe“ C l e a r l y,
pel including
this is a difficult task,” he explained to that the accused brought
a packed gallery. “I do need a weapon to a public event,
some time to reflect and that he provoked the fight,
and the attack with the
read further details.”
In August, Goepel found knife was done without
the teen, who was 16 at the warning.
He added that court
time of the murder, guilty,
and Crown prosecutor Gor- should place the most
don Baines noted he is seek- weight on the seriousness
and circumstances of the
ing an adult sentence.
Court heard throughout event, as well as consider
the trial, which concluded in the accused’s age, maturiJune, that Denton, 19, was ty, character and previous
stabbed twice — once in the background.
Baines also took issue
left armpit and once in the
left lower back — near the with a psychological report
entrance to G.P. Vanier Sec- prepared for the hearing.
“The report is flawed,” he
ondary School following the
conclusion of a July 2011 stated. “Even though (the
day-long music festival at author) had a copy of the
the nearby Comox Valley reasons for judgment, it’s
based on (the accused) selfExhibition Grounds.
Denton was raised in report of the incident.”
“The report should have
Port Hardy, but moved to
the Comox Valley several
... see LAWYERS ■ A2

Record Staff

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HOMETOWN BOY HONOURED Olympic distance runner Cam Levins (right) of Black Creek received an
award of recognition Tuesday from Edwin Grieve (left) and Manno Theos in the Comox Valley Regional
District boardroom. Levins’ name has been added to the Walk of Achievement Olympians plaque at the
Comox Valley Sports Centre. Story, B12.
PHOTO BY SCOTT STANFIELD

College strike action could increase
Renee Andor
Record Staff

CUPE college workers
want to reach a negotiated
settlement soon, and job
action will likely escalate
at North Island College if
that doesn’t happen.
“If our talks don’t go
well this weekend, there
very well could be a large
escalation of our job action
throughout the province,”
says CUPE Local 3479
(NIC) president Michelle
Waite, adding, “which will
affect students because they

are coming up to exams.”
Talks are scheduled for
Friday, Saturday and Sunday with the main item
is expected to be wages.
Classes were cancelled
for two days last week as
CUPE Local 3479 members
picketed at all North Island
College campuses to try to
pressure government to
move on wages in contract
negotiations.
NIC classes end next
week (Dec. 7 is the last day)
and exams start right after,
meaning further disruption
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would come at a critical
time for students.
North Island Students
Union (NISU) chair Jacelyn
Lobay says NISU supports
CUPE college workers.
“The student union supports CUPE’s rights to bargain for a contract,” she
says. “And we really would
like the government to
resolve this quickly so that
there is no disruption to
students.”
She adds students are
“of course” concerned about
the possibility of future
class cancellations due to

job action.
While CUPE locals at
other colleges are in the
midst of job actions that
won’t affect student learning
this week — like shutting
down specific departments
— Waite says it’s business
as usual at NIC.
Instead, workers will
rally at noon today (Friday) in front of Comox
Valley MLA and Education Minister Don McRae’s
office. Although he is not
the Minister of Advanced
Education, which is the
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little or no weight,” he added.
Baines argued the prospects for rehabilitation for the
accused is not good until “he
truly accepts the responsibility of Mr. Denton’s murder,”
despite writing an explanation and apology letter directed to the Dentons.
“(The accused) needs to
learn true empathy, not just
the words that are advantageous in these proceedings,”
he said. “He still assumes selfdefence; he still believes he
was justified. That’s still not
admitting responsibility.”
Defence lawyer Michael
Mulligan reminded court in
his arguments that although
second-degree murder is an
“extremely serious” offence, it
does not indicate that an adult
sentence must be imposed.
“It’s significant that there
would be little practical difference in time that (the
accused) would spend in jail
under either sentencing,” he
explained.
Under the YCJA, the maximum sentence for second-

degree murder is seven years,
with a maximum of four years
in custody, and the remainder
to be served in the community with conditions and under
supervision.
As an adult, second-degree
murder carries an automatic
life sentence, however, the
judge can set parole eligibility at anywhere between 10
and 25 years. If sentenced as
an adult, the accused could
be eligible for day parole in
February 2017, and full parole
by July 2018, taking into consideration time served.
“With respect to age — 16
— sentencing can amount
to eight years. That in my
submission is a serious and
meaningful sentence. You are
spending half the amount you
are alive in custody,” Mulligan
said.
He added an adult sentence
will make it difficult for rehabilitation, and that his client accepts the fact he must
be punished, and added he
expressed genuine remorse.
Mulligan read aloud a letter Tuesday written by the

Continued from A1

teen expressing his regret and
his apology, although the Denton family left the courtroom
while it was being read.
Mulligan explained in his
arguments his client is “highly motivated, and he knows he
can’t undo what he has done,
but acknowledges the harm
he’s done.”
Outside the courthouse,
Mulligan told media the case
has been difficult for all parties involved.
“What makes it so tragic is
that the community is dealing with the loss of a young
man who had real promise and potential — I think
that’s really clear,” he said.
“It’s made particularly hard,
because the judge is now
needing to sentence another
young man, who according to
reports and letters and material filed, is also someone who
had lots of potential to do very
good things.
“So it’s a hard case, in that
respect, and the judge has
a difficult task weighing the
evidence and making the decision he needs to make.”

ministry in charge of
post-secondary education, Waite says she
CUPE college workers
hope “raise the awareness and to try to garner some support from
various MLAs.”
Waite expects some
North Island College
Faculty Association
members and students
to join the rally.
“We’ve spread the
word, we’ve invited our
faculty association and
they’re on board, and
we’ve extended an invitation to the students
because, again, if the

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negotiations don’t go
well over the weekend
this will be affecting
the students,” she says.
Lobay says NISU
has informed students
of the rally, but with
the rally during class
time and exams coming up she says it’s
hard to guess at student turnout.
CUPE college support workers, of whom
there are about 3,000
in the province, have
been without a contract since 2010.
The union wants a
four-per-cent pay hike
over two years.

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Of those expressing their
opinions Tuesday night
about the proposed zoning
amendment for the development of the new Comox
Valley hospital, a slight
majority were opposed.
Courtenay council heard
from about two dozen people at the Filberg Centre.
They commented about
a 2.37-acre playing field
site owned by the City
facing Lerwick Road and
an 11.17-acre portion of
the North Island College
campus. An Official Community Plan amendment
and rezoning, respectively,
would be required for the
development of the 153-bed
hospital at that site.
The facility is expected to
cost about $334 million and
be completed in 2017. It
will be jointly funded by the
provincial government (60
per cent) and the ComoxStrathcona Regional Hospi-

tal District (40 per cent).
“This is the most important institutional addition
in many years,” said Courtenay resident George Aldcroft. “The $800,000 from
VIHA that the City is getting (from the sale of the
city property) for future
parks is a winning solution
for all parties.”
Money from the sale of
the Courtenay-owned land
to the Vancouver Island
Health Authority would
be used toward a regional
playing field for the entire
Comox Valley to use, according to a report to Courtenay
council earlier this month
from City director of legislative services Peter Crawford.
The land sale would
officially go through only
after the rezoning process
is complete.
Muir Road resident Tom
Witty expressed concerns
about the “totally unsatisfactory site for a district
hospital.”

He said the land area
is too small for parking
and future expansion, and
the infrastructure support would be a significant
future burden for taxpayers
of the city.
Some residents, including a physician/surgeon
who works at St. Joseph’s
General Hospital in Comox
and the Campbell River
Hospital concurred with
Witty, and reminded council, “Your decision must not
remain political, but what
is best for the patient.”
Others expressed concerns around traffic, the
impact on future growth
of the college, loss of green
space and trees and the
proximity to Queneesh Elementary School.
“The size of the lot is too
small,” said Dave Ogilvy.
“Costco looks like it has
a larger lot. There’s not
enough room for growth for
the hospital or the college.”
A group of Tamarack
Drive residents, including

Bev Skwernuik who began
a petition opposing the
rezoning, also expressed
their concerns.
Some supporters of the
amendments commented
the process of constructing a regional hospital is
not going to happen, and
although there never will
be a perfect situation, the
project needs to move forward.
“The ship has sailed
a long time ago. We’re
not going to be getting a
regional hospital,” noted
Art Meyers. “We wanted a
race horse and we ended up
with a camel, and now we
have to run with it.”
Bob Mortimer said he’s
placing his trust in VIHA
and their planners, while
Bruce Muir and Comox Valley Regional District Area
B Director Jim Gillis urged
council to move forward as
quickly as possible.
“There is never going to
be a perfect solution,” noted
Muir.

Trustees fretting about student safety
Renee Andor
Record Staff

While the public hearing
to rezone land slated for the
new Comox Valley Hospital
was going on Tuesday, the
Valley’s Board of Education
was discussing how to keep
nearby students safe during and after hospital construction.
Queneesh Elementary
School at 2345 Mission Rd.
is close to land proposed for
the project.
At Tuesday’s board meeting, SD71 secretary treasurer Russell Horswill
noted district staff have
met with the school’s Parent Advisory Council (PAC)
and decided to create a subcommittee.
“The purpose of that
committee is going to be
primarily to look at student

safety concerns during the
construction, as well as the
post design,” said Horswill,
adding the committee plans
to meet frequently to stay
ahead of the issues and
relay information to parents.
District staff have also
been meeting with City of
Courtenay and Vancouver Island Health Authority staff regularly. Horswill
noted the next meeting is
planned for Dec. 4.
Trustee Rick Grinham
noted he would like to see
overpasses at Ryan and
Lerwick roads to make the
area more safe for students.
Horswill said Grinham’s
suggestion is on the list for
the Dec. 4 meeting.
Trustee Janice Caton said
she heard there will not be
a treed buffer area between
the hospital properties and

the school property — as
originally planned.
Horswill confirmed the
information, adding the
area was assessed and
the risk of blowdown was
deemed too high, and the
plan is now for no buffer
between the properties.
SD71 director of operations Ian Heselgrave later
told the Record the area
directly next to the school
will still have trees because
the school is set back from
Lerwick Road and is more
in line with the college than
the hospital site.
He added the site is
expected to be cleared early
in the New Year, but then
no further construction
work is planned for over a
year until the Request for
Proposals process is over.
“So we’re going to have a
little bit, I’ll call it a three-

or four-week period of activity, and it’ll be idle for 14
months,” said Horswill.
He also noted the district
has had preliminary discussions with VIHA around
establishing a protocol for
lockdown of the construction site in case, for example, the school believes a
child could be on the site.
“So if ever we lose Johnny
or Jane and we’re not sure
where they’re at, and we’re
worried that they have gone
away from the school site
and may have been interested in that crane, that we
have a mechanism in place
to bring the construction
to an immediate halt,” said
Horswill. “So we’re starting to probe the protocols
now to make sure that we
have actions in place to do
the best we can to ensure
student safety.”

THE COMOX AIR Show is set to happen Aug.
17. It’s been over seven years since the past
Comox Air Show and this year the show is set to
coincide with Armed Forces Day. Snowbirds are
expected to demonstrate their aerial acrobatics.

Air show planned
for Comox in 2013
Record Staff
The Comox Air Show is gearing up to take off this
summer, with Aug. 17 confirmed as the big day.
It’s been more than seven years since the last
Comox Air Show, which saw about 25,000 people
attend. This year the show is set to coincide with
Armed Forces Day, marking 70 years of Air Force
history in Comox.
“We intend to present the region with an amazing
and memorable Air Show that will also feature displays from across the Canadian Forces,” writes Air
Show director Maj. Dwayne Kerr in a promotional
pamphlet. “A large variety of unique, historic and
modern military and civilian aircraft from across
North America will grace the sky and tarmac.”
Organizers at 19 Wing have decided to keep quiet
about details until their official media launch in the
New Year, but the pamphlet for sponsorship opportunities notes the Canadian Forces Snowbirds Air
Demonstration Squadron, Demonstration CF-18 and
Skyhawks parachute team will be in attendance.
Tours of static aircraft and displays from the Army
and Royal Canadian Navy will also be featured.
For more information, find Comox Air Show on
Facebook, or visit www.comoxairshow.ca.

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Donating to many
local charities was not
enough for Comox Valley Dodge owner Mike
Marchi.
Besides donating
cash to You Are Not
Alone (YANA), Tour de
Rock and St. Joseph’s
Hospital Foundation,
Comox Valley Dodge
has donated vehicles to
ambulance paramedics
and fire departments,
hosted an annual
open golf tournament
and sponsored sports
teams.
Then Marchi got the
idea for Mike’s Bikes.
“I’m a dad and I’m
an avid cyclist and an
avid fitness person,”
Marchi said in an
interview. “To me, it’s
very important that
children in particular
have the opportunity
to have some fun and
enjoy their lives when
it comes to health and
fitness.
“I think a bike is a
way to give them that,
but unfortunately a lot
of people in the Valley don’t have a lot of
money.”
“To me, a bike is an
expression, a metaphor for freedom and
independence,” Marchi
said. I think every
child deserves to have
a bike.”
Accordingly, he and
Comox Valley Dodge
will give away 100
bicycles to children this
holiday season.
The program has
criteria, but there is
not a catch, Marchi
explained.
“It’s not about selling cars. Comox Valley Dodge is of course
my store, my company
and that’s who’s doing
it, but people won’t
have to come here; it

COMOX VALLEY DODGE owner Mike Marchi
is giving away 100 bicycles to children.
has nothing to do with
that.”
Mike’s Bikes are for
children aged five to
12. The bikes are being
bought locally.
The deadline to
apply is Dec. 17. To
do so, children, their
parents, guardians or
teachers would visit
http://mikes-bikes.ca,
click on the Request
Your Bike! link and

fill out an application
form.
In 250 words or

Week of Nov. 20 to 27, 2012

fewer, explain why the
child should receive a
Mike’s Bike. Marchi
will assess applications
himself.
The form asks for
the child’s height and
gender in an effort to
match kids with bikes
that are the right size
and colour.
Bicycle helmets are
not included in the
offer because it would
be difficult to match
children with ones that
fit properly. Comox Valley Dodge has a community sponsor that
would provide your
child a helmet for a
reduced price.
Depending on the
outcome this year,
Marchi said he plans
to do a bike giveaway
every year.
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The City of Courtenay reported two acts of vandalism
where someone has spray painted buildings owned by
the City of Courtenay. The tag that was used was “Cat
Nip”. Anyone with information is asked to contact the
RCMP. (2012-14367)
On Nov. 20, RCMP were called by the staff of the
Westerly Hotel Beer and Wine store at 1590 Cliffe Ave.
in Courtenay, to report a theft. An unknown man entered
the store and grabbed two of bottles of alcohol, then left
the store without paying. The man was caught on video.
(2012-14371)
Police received a call on Nov. 20 of a theft of a black
Schwin BMX bike from the bike rack at the Highland secondary school in Comox. (2012-14372)
On Nov. 21, RCMP attended a two vehicle collision
at Fitzgerald Ave. and 11th St. in Courtenay. The vehicle
going West on 11th St. proceeded into the intersection
before it was safe and was struck by the vehicle going
North bound on Fitzgerald Ave. The driver was charged
under the motor vehicle act. (2012-14407)
Police received a report of a dangerous driving on
Lake Trail Rd. in Courtenay on the evening of Nov. 21. The
caller reported two dirt bikes without lights on, passed
her on the shoulder of the road. Pedestrians were present
at the time. (2012-14411)
On Nov. 22 RCMP attended a parking lot in the 100
block of Back Rd. in Courtenay for a vandalism to a vehicle. A witness reported seeing a man breaking a tail
light in a car at that location. The suspect ﬂed in a dark
colored truck with blue colored lights under the bumper.
(2012-14425)
A report of a theft from a motor vehicle was received
on Nov. 22. The owner reports parking the car on a gravel
parking lot near the Powell River ferry terminal and later
discovered that someone had smashed the driver’s side
window, jacked the car up and stole both rear tires.
(2012-14432)
On Nov. 23, the Comox Valley RCMP attended a break,
enter and theft at the Union Bay Post ofﬁce building. Two
businesses were entered and computer equipment was
stolen. (2012-14476)
Police received a report of a single vehicle roll over
on highway 19A near Fanny Bay on Nov. 23, 2012. The
car was traveling Northbound and left the roadway on a
single left hand corner. (2012-14490)
On the night of Nov. 23, RCMP were doing trafﬁc control at a collision on the Island Highway South near Fanny
Bay when a driver would not follow police direction. The
driver was found to be under the inﬂuence of alcohol. The
driver was given a 90 day Immediate Roadside Prohibition and his truck was impounded for 30 days. (201214492)
On Nov. 23, police received a report of 4 young men
knocking down a section of fence on the 500 block of
King Rd. in Comox. (2012-14496)
On the night of Nov. 23, police attended Mark Isfeld
secondary school for a report of youths on the roof setting off ﬁreworks. One person reported that the youths
shot the ﬁreworks at his residence. (2012-14500)
On the night of Nov. 23, RCMP police conducted a
road check on 5th St. at Lewis park in Courtenay. During
the road check 2 prohibited drivers were found and in another car a small amount of marihuana was located. The
driver was found to be under the inﬂuence of a narcotic,
was given a 24 hour suspension and had his vehicle
towed. (2012-14509)

A theft of a bike was reported from the Supreme Convenience on Lake Trail Rd. in Courtenay on Nov. 24. The
bike, a black and red Rossridge Runner mountain bike,
was left unlocked while the owner was inside the store.
(2012-14527)
On Nov. 15, 2012 police received a report of a mischief to Christmas ornaments on the 300 block of Panorama crescent in Courtenay. The home owner reports
that someone has piled his ornaments up together and
damaged some in the process. (2012-14552)
A call for service at the Canada Safeway store on
Cliffe Ave. in Courtenay was taken by police on Nov. 25,
2012. The report was of a female stealing items from a
car in the parking lot. The female was located and held
for court. She faces charges of possession of a Controlled Substance, Possession of Property Obtained by
Crime and Fail to Comply with conditions of probation.
(2012-14558)
On Nov. 25, 2012 a report of a vandalism to vehicle
was taken by police. The owner stated that she parked
the car in the gravel lot at 795 Ryan Rd. in Courtenay and
upon her return she found the rear window smashed out.
Nothing was taken. (2012-14562)
On Nov. 26, 2012 the Comox Valley RCMP received a
report of a theft from a locked vehicle parked on the 1100
block of Denny Rd. in Comox. The owner reported that
her wallet was taken but later returned and all contents
accounted for. (2012-14588)
Police received more complaints of vandalism in
the downtown core of the City of Courtenay. On Nov. 26,
2012 several cases of spray painted grafﬁti were reported. (2012-14592)
On Nov. 26, 2012 police received a report of an intoxicated man yelling at people. Police attended and located
a man lying on the sidewalk in front of a business on the
300 block of 6th St. in Courtenay. The man was arrested
for causing a disturbance and held in police cells until he
was sober. (2012-14620)
The Comox Valley RCMP attended a motor vehicle
versus a bicycle collision at the intersection of Cliffe Ave.
and 17th St. in Courtenay on Nov. 27, 2012. All witness
indicate that the pickup truck entered the intersection
after the light had been yellow for some time and cyclist
started into the intersection before his light had changed
to green. Charges under the Motor Vehicle act were laid
and minor injuries resulted to the cyclist. (2012-14612)
On Nov. 27, 2012 a report of a theft from a motor
vehicle was taken by the Comox Valley RCMP. The owner
reports parking the vehicle on the 100 block of Cliffe Ave.
in Courtenay and some time over night culprits entered
the unlocked car and stole some documents. (201214627)
The Comox Valley RCMP are investigating a report of
an attempted armed robbery that took place on Comox
Rd. near Portuguese Joes in the early evening hours of
Nov. 27. The suspect is described as a Caucasian male,
about 5’ 10” with a medium build, wearing a hoodie. The
man is reported to have brandished what appeared to be
a handgun which was partially concealed in his pocket.
The suspect demanded money. This investigation is continuing. (2012-14657)
Police received a report of an assault on Nov. 27. The
complainant reports being punched in the face two times
by the accused woman. The woman was located and arrested. The woman was later released from police custody with a future court appearance. (2012-14658)

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Mikayla Volkers, a
seven-year-old from
Comox, surpassed her
goal to raise $1,500 for
the Juvenile Diabetes
Research Foundation
(JDRF).
According to her
mother, Ria Volkers,
the final number isn’t
in yet, but already the
tally is around $1,850.
“It’s pretty exciting,”
says Ria, adding she
expects a bit more to
come in from a local
school initiative. “I
wouldn’t be surprised
if we make $2,000.”
Mikayla
joined
forces with an Australian girl, 11-year-old
Rebekah Holt, to generate awareness about

COMOX’S MIKAYLA VOLKERS, 7, cut her hair on World Diabetes Day
after she surpassed her fundraising goal of $1,500 for the Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation. About $1,850 has come in with a bit
more left to add to the tally.
Type 1 diabetes and
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BC Hydro advises
the public to stay away
from the Puntledge
River from 10 p.m. to 7
a.m. on Friday through
to next weekend, and
during the day from
Sunday through Monday.
BC Hydro will more
than double the water
release downstream by
early Sunday morning
through to Tuesday
morning to control the
Comox Lake Reservoir
level. Water flow from
the spillway gates at
the dam will go from
about 40 m3/s to about
110 m3/s.
At night starting Friday through to the end
of next week, BC Hydro
may release more than
110 m3/s to control the
reservoir level.
River flows are
already high with the
current wet weather
and BC Hydro will ideally release water when
natural river system
flows from the Browns
and Tsolum subside.

The reservoir was at through early next
133.45 metres and ris- week.
BC Hydro is moniing Thursday morning.
Considering the fore- toring storms that may
cast and Hydro opera- continue to hit the
tions, the reservoir may watershed well into
next week.
be around
BC Hydro
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metres by
adjust
Monday.
The reservoir may operations on Monhit a high of 134.0 day based on updated
metres by Sunday weather forecasts and
morning once these water inflows. Any
latest storms finish significant BC Hydro
hitting the watershed. operational changes
This is based on cur- will be communicated
rent forecasts that are to the community.
— BC Hydro
subject to change.
BC Hydro’s goal is to
have 1.5 to two metres
of available reservoir
water storage room to
attenuate or absorb
storms. The reservoir is
considered full at 135.3
metres.
There is no risk of
downstream flooding

three, and Mikayla
wanted to help Holt
meet her fundraising goal of $10,000.
Including the money
from Mikayla, Ria says

Holt’s tally is at about
$17,000.
They dubbed their
campaign Cut for the
Cure, and both girls,
who previously had
long tresses, cut their
hair on Nov. 14, which
was World Diabetes
Day.
Mikayla had never
had more than a
trim before, and Ria
explains it was tough
for the seven-year-old
when it came time for
the big chop.
“She was pretty quiet
during the haircut,”
says Ria, adding there
were a few tears. “But
within a few hours she
was fine, and by the
next day she was saying, ‘You know, maybe
I can grow my hair out
again and do this again
sometime, Mom.’”
Deb Deluca of Bellini Hair Studio donated
her services to give
Mikayla her stylish
bob.
For more information on JDRF visit
www.jdrf.ca.

New forestry designation available now
The Natural Resource Professional (or NRP) designation is new and
recent grads from natural resources conservation programs at the
University of BC, Thompson Rivers University and the University
of Northern BC can apply today. The NRP designation will allow
you to practise aspects of professional forestry in every corner of
the province. You might find yourself working for government,
consultants, industry, Aboriginal groups and more! For more
information and to see which programs qualify, visit our website
at www.abcfp.ca.

Are All Your Clothes
Ready for the Holidays?
BREAKFAST WITH SANTA Children at last weekend’s annual Santa’s Breakfast in Courtenay got a double dose of red between Santa and formally attired RCMP officers. The
event is sponsored by Crime Stoppers.
PHOTO BY KAREN GOLDBY

One last chance to buy crafts
After a one-year
absence, the Last
Chance Christmas Arts
and Crafts Fair is back
at the Florence Filberg
Centre this Saturday
and Sunday.
The fair’s new convener, Paul Baal, is
delighted with the wonderful group of crafters, mainly from the
Comox Valley, who will
participate with their
beautiful handmade
crafts in the seventh
Last Chance Fair.
This will be the last
time before Christmas
that so many crafters
will be assembled in
one place in this area to
help you complete your
Christmas shopping.
There will be something for every budget,
from stocking stuffers
to that fine gift for that
special someone.
The fair will feature
an excellent selection
of clothing items for
young and old, ranging
from children’s clothes
and aprons to scarves,
gloves, socks, felted
hats, cloth bags, and
embroidered
items.
Also, there is a fine
selection of sauces,
chutneys, gourmet speciality foods and delicious British desserts.
For the shopper
looking for useful gifts
for the kitchen, the fair
has cutting boards and
bread knives that are
perfect for slicing the
loaf from your bread
machine. To dress up
the dining room table
for the festive season,
there are tablecloths,
napkins, and handpainted
glassware
and dishes. There is a
wide range of pottery

available, including
functional stoneware,
hand sculptured raku
pottery and clay caricatures.
It is hard to go wrong
purchasing one of the
products from the photographers who collectively have an excellent
selection of framed
and unframed photos,
books of pictures and
calendars. The fair also

features fine soaps,
personal care products
and lavender products
to pamper either yourself or someone on your
Christmas lists.
There will be gemstone, fused glass, costume and silver jewelry.
There will also be fine
gold and silver jewelry
as well as opals set in
precious metals.
Looking for a gift

for the avid gardener?
Come and see the garden trugs, ornamental
concrete, and bird houses. There is a delightful
collection of handmade
walking sticks.
For more information, e-mail lastchance@telus.net or
call 250-335-3265.
— Last Chance
Christmas Arts and
Crafts Fair

Pain Relief
Seminar
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A FREE 15 MINUTE

“MEET THE DOCTOR
VISIT”

Monday, December 3 at 7 pm
Crown Isle Clubhouse

Laser Light Therapy
Naturopathic Physician Dr. Deidre
Macdonald will teach you the latest
ways to reduce pain and inﬂammation
with naturopathic approaches. She will
also discuss the use of laser therapy, a
safe and eﬀective treatment for back pain,
arthritis, muscle, joint and nerve pain.
Admission by donation to Comox Valley Transition Society.
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YANA tree auction returns
It’s time once again for the
Driftwood Mall Christmas
Tree Auction, an annual fund
raiser for YANA (You Are Not
Alone).
The Driftwood Mall began
this fund raising initiative
in 1999 and over the past
13 years Heather Tisdale
has been responsible for the
event. Her family decorates a
tree every year.
“I look forward to doing this
every year,” she says. “It is one
of each year’s highlights for
me. YANA is such a worthwhile organization and the
tree auction brings awareness
to all the new people in the
Valley.”
Heather is proud that proceeds from the Driftwood
Mall’s Christmas Tree Auction and the sale of YANA’s
Christmas crackers at the display have exceeded $140,000
over the past 13 years.
Individuals, families, businesses and organizations decorate trees that are on display
for two weeks at the Driftwood

Mall. Some trees even have
gifts under them already. The
public is encouraged to view
the trees and place bids on
their favourites.
A newcomer to the event
this year is Charlene Chris-

I look forward to
❝
doing this every year.
It is one of each year’s
highlights for me.

❞

Heather Tisdale
tiansen from Investors Group.
She chose a fruit theme for
her tree, engaging her fouryear-old son Cayden by drying
sliced fruit for their decorations. “Participating in this
fundraiser, to me, was about
rising up and supporting families and individuals just like
ourselves, it is what a community is all about and it is how
we all move forward collectively and I am proud to be a
part of that movement. Thank

you so much, YANA!”
While you’re there, vote for
your favourite tree. It will be
hard to choose.
YANA Christmas Crackers
are also on sale at the mall
during the Christmas tree
display. These popular crackers usually sell out well before
Christmas so don’t wait too
long before you purchase
yours.
If you are inspired to participate by decorating a tree
next year, just let Heather
know (she’s there every day of
the event).
All money raised goes to
YANA and then directly to
help Comox Valley families
who must travel to other places for medical treatment for
their children.
The display is open to the
public until Dec. 8 when bidding closes.
For more information about
YANA, visit www.yanacomoxvalley.com or follow them on
Facebook.
— You Are Not Alone

Trees getting delivered this year
Record Staff
This year the Christmas
trees auctioned off to support
YANA (You Are Not Alone),
can be delivered right to your
door — thanks to a Comox
Valley man who saw a need
for the service.
Doug Inrig went down to
the Driftwood Mall Christmas
Tree Auction — which raises
funds for YANA each year —
to bid on a tree. As he was
placing his bid he discovered
that if he received that tree
he bid on, he would have to
figure out how to transport it
to his home.
“You have to take them all

apart and take them home,”
he says. “And then I thought
‘no this is ridiculous, I’ll get
some volunteers to help deliver them things.”
So he called up two of his
old friends from the Pushrods — the first car club in
the Comox Valley, which was
around in the 60’s and 70’s
— and asked if they would be
available to help deliver the
29 trees.
“’Course we are Doug, sure
why not,’” he recounts them
saying, adding “And the reason I want to do it — in
memory of a couple of members who were good friends of
mine, have passed away, and

Monetary systems on menu
The next Transition
Town meeting offers a
menu of local economic
strategies.
Time, money, energy
— how can we make
better use of these
important resources?
That will be the topic
of the next Transition
Town’s Comox Valley
meeting Dec. 5 from
7 to 9 p.m. at Joe’s
Garage in downtown
Courtenay.
This month’s meeting
will focus on the local
economy, acknowledging that buying local is
an important part of a
resilient economy, but
is only the beginning.
This meeting will
feature a panel discussion of current and
proposed initiatives for
improving our use of
community resources
to meet our needs.
Topics include Time
Banks, Pay what you
can, Community way
dollars, Slow Money
and other investment
options.
Join us for a discussion of a variety of
ways to transition from

I want to do it in memory of
them.”
So Inrig, along with Dave
Mellin and Dave Johnston,
will deliver the trees in memory of past Pushrods members
Robin Salter and Don MacBeth and another past member’s wife Joy Coveney.
“We’ll get them all in there
and we’ll just get a GPS and
go around and deliver them,”
he says.
Dec. 8 is the last day to bid
on a tree, and Inrig and his
friends will deliver the trees
the very next day. Winning
bidders can decide whether
they would like their tree
delivered or not.

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able to secure enough
paid work.
As well as gaining
credits, participating
individuals can potentially gain confidence,
social contact and
skills through giving
to others. Communities therefore use time
banking as a tool to
forge stronger intracommunity
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dependence on global
economic structures
to local resilience and
abundance.
For example, time
banking is a system
of reciprocal service
exchange that uses
units of time as currency — generally an
hour of work.
It is an example of
an alternative monetary system that may
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the existing systems of
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In this way, Time
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Collecting
for the
food bank

Food for those
most in need is a
big theme for Delicious Downtown
taking place this
weekend part of
Downtown Courtenay WinterFest.
Everyone
is
invited to bring a
few cans or a whole
bag of non-perishable groceries to
the
Downtown
Courtenay WinterFest Food Bank
Drive at the old
Dollar Store building (WinterFest
Hub) at the corner
of Fifth and England from 11 a.m.
till 3 p.m.
All donors will
be entered in a
draw to win dining gift certificates
contributed
by
local restaurants
and caterers. Bring
the kids for a free
hands-on eco-art
and craft activity
with Gayle Bates
from the CVRD
when you drop off
your donation.
At 1 p.m., the
Celebration Singers will serenade
donors and crafters
with some beautiful music.
Just up the
street, oyster lovers are in for a special treat. Visit the
Oyster Bar for the
Food Bank, a raw
oyster bar presented by Pentlatch
Seafoods and Tria
Culinary Studio
right on the street
in front of Union
Street Grill and
Grotto from noon
to 2.
A $1 donation
gets you a succulent sample and all
of the money goes
to the food bank.
Union Street owners Mark and Danielle will sweeten
the pot and donate
$1 from every oyster dish sold from
Nov. 30 to Dec. 1 to
the food bank.
Butchers Block
will host Natural
Pastures and Bitesize Condiments
from noon to 3 for
tastings and they’ll
be serving up delicious house made
sausages and Golden Phoenix samples cooked on the
barbecue starting
at 11. The donation
jar will be out with
all funds going to
a stocking fund for
the homeless.
— Downtown
Courtenay
WinterFest

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Chef launching new book
The culinary adventures continue at WinterFest as Eric Akis
helps celebrate a Delicious Downtown at
‘Beyond’ the Kitchen
Door.
Join Chef Akis as
he launches his new
cookbook with a book
signing, cooking demonstration and tasting of delicious recipes
from Everyone Can
Cook Everything.
Meet Akis this Saturday from 10:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. as he shares
tips and techniques for
holiday entertaining.
This is an opportunity
to meet one of Canada’s
best-selling authors
and take home fresh
new ideas for cooking
in Everyone Can Cook
Everything.
Known for his fun,
easy-going approach to
home cooking, Akis is a
celebrated local author,
food columnist and creator of the weekly recipes in the Thrifty’s food
flyer. Everyone Can
Cook Everything is a
long-awaited compendium of Eric’s favourite
recipes from his national bestselling book
series, Everyone Can
Cook. From his original
book, to his subsequent
cookbooks on midweek
meals, appetizers, sea-

CHEF ERIC AKIS will be on hand Saturday
at ‘Beyond’ the Kitchen Door in downtown
Courtenay.
food, slow cooker meals
and celebrations, Eric
has long been appreciated by readers and
food writers alike for
creating no-fuss, easyto-follow recipes that
really work.
Everyone Can Cook
Everything collects the
best of 10 years of cooking in one beautiful
photo-rich, 400-page
hardcover volume. All
recipes are presented
in his signature style
– elegant and straightforward.
Each chapter pro-

vides concise recipes
and cooking tips for
preparing a vast array
of meals. This latest
release offers recipes
that will inspire everyone, from seasoned
chefs to new cooks, and
always makes use of
seasonal, local ingredients.
“My latest cookbook
is a must-have for those
who enjoy my recipes
and cooking tips,” says
Akis.
“It’s also the perfect
introduction for those
who are just discov-

Christmas comes to museum
You’re invited to celebrate the
spirit of an old-fashioned community Christmas with the Courtenay
and District Museum this Saturday.
Museum entry will be free to any
family that brings a new or used,
unwrapped toy or gift for Santa’s
Workshop, or a donation for the local
food bank.
There will be a number of events
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., including:
• Children can choose from several Christmas ornament crafts.
• Pat Trask will offer an informative and fun presentation about the
origin of Christmas traditions at 3.

• Sweet treats and beverages will
be available free of charge.
• Check out all the new museum
exhibits.
• Enter to win door prizes.
The festive celebration is the
museum’s way of wishing everyone
a wonderful holiday season, and the
staff look forward to hosting all who
can attend.
The museum is in the former post
office building at the corner of Cliffe
Avenue and Fourth Street in downtown Courtenay. For more details,
call 250-334-0686.
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creations. This book
is the perfect gift any
home cook, no matter
what their skill level.”
Akis is both a professional chef and a pastry chef. He has been
the food writer for the
Victoria Times Colonist since 1997 and
his cooking columns
appear in newspapers
across Canada. He
lives in Victoria with
his wife Cheryl, and
teenage son Tyler.
To celebrate Delicious Downtown Courtenay, chef Akis will
dish up tastings that
include: Fig and Olive
Tapenade, Sumptuous
Seafood Melts, Pissaladiere and Lentil
Soup with Herbs de
Provence.
There is no need to
register for this free
event. For details, call
‘Beyond’ the Kitchen
Door at 250 338-4404.
— ‘Beyond’ the
Kitchen Door

Silent auction at Filberg Park
As part of the ongoing, year-round fundraising
efforts,
a
collection of arts and
crafts donated by the
artisans of the Filberg
Festival, plus gems
from the Filberg Gift
Shop donations, are
being auctioned this
Saturday.
The second annual
Silent Auction will
run from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m. at the Filberg
Lodge. There will be
more than 100 items
with something that
will appeal to everyone
on your Christmas list.
Pottery,
metal
art, textiles, jewelry,
antiques and collectibles will be available
to be bid on, with all of
the proceeds going to
maintenance and restoration projects in the
historic park.
Bring the family
down to the park at
3:30 to help decorate a

TOPPING THE TREE
Glenn Wills of Wills
Marine Supply got
some help from Stuart at Comox Marine
and Wood Working and Freddy of
European Supreme
Welding to make a
made-in-Comox tree
topper. It sits atop
the Christmas tree in
the Town Circle.

MORE THAN 100
items will be auctioned this Saturday
at the Filberg Lodge
in Comox.

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Holidays
in Comox
Rain or shine, Santa
and his band the Dukes
of Dodge will be rockin’
in downtown Comox
this Saturday.
The frolicking fun
kicks off in Filberg
Park at 3:30 p.m. by
helping Santa’s elves
decorate a tree for the
birds. The jolly man
arrives at 4 and will
lead everyone through
the park to Comox
Avenue to join his
rock band. The people
parade continues down
Comox Avenue to the
Comox Centre Mall.
Comox Avenue will
be closed to vehicles
from 3:45 to 5 p.m.
between Port Augusta
and Pritchard.
In the mall, there’s
lots more free entertainment until 6:30.
Gillian Legendre of
Detailed Face Painting,
will work her artistic
magic on little faces.
Balloon artist Nadia
from Lots of Laughs
will transform balloons into whimsical
creations and magician
Greg Ladret will have
his audience mesmerized and laughing.
Ambassador Shuttle
will offer rides back to
your car at Filberg.

tree for the birds and
animals in the Park.
Santa will stop to lead
a procession to the
Comox Centre Mall,
where he will rock
the day away with the
Dukes of Dodge.
On Sunday, you’re
invited to welcome
Small World Imports
back to the Filberg
Lodge with their wonderful display of Tibetan rugs from 11 a.m. to
4 p.m.
If all of this doesn’t
get you in the spirit,
check www.filberg.com.
There are more wonderful seasonal events
yet to come.
— Filberg Heritage
Lodge and Park
Society

in
SATURDAY, DEC. 1ST

Join us for the

Silent Auction
11am - 4pm in the Lodge
Fabulous art, crafts and collectables,
many donated by the 2012 Filberg
Festival artisans will be auctioned with
all proceeds to the ongoing restoration
and maintenance projects.

Gift Shop will also be OPEN
For details visit us at: www.ﬁlberg.com

Follow Santa’s ‘Rockin’ Parade
at 4:15pm from the Filberg Park to the Comox Mall • Shuttle service back to Filberg Park courtesy of Ambassador Shuttle.

Sears opens‘refreshed’ store
Sears Canada is
opening a refreshed
Hometown Store in
Courtenay on Nov. 30
as part of its commitment to offering customers better selection,
convenience and service.
The store at 70029th St. is owned and
operated by Norm and
Dustin Parker. The
16,000-square-foot
store has been completely renovated and
will house a wide selection of major appliances, mattresses and
more including the
Sears exclusive brands
of Kenmore and Craftsman.
“We are personally
committed to accomodating our customers’
wants and needs and
providing them with
an enjoyable and satisfying shopping experience,” says Norm
Parker. “Customers
will be delighted with
the broad range of topquality products Sears
has provided for our
refreshed store.”
The Parker family
has been involved with
Sears since 1967 when
Norm was hired as a
Sears employee with
assignments in various
stores including Port
Alberni, Powell River,
Fort St. John and Courtenay.
Norm was Sears’
youngest store manager in Prince Rupert
when he was 26. He
became district manager with Sears for
nine years, and then
decided to become a
store owner with the
new hometown dealer
formats in 1993.
Norm, along with his
son Dustin, built their
current store in 2000.
Over the years
the family has been
involved in many sports

We’ve come up with a winning
❝
formula for consumers in Courtenay
and the Comox Valley … by combining
the national resources of Sears with the
local service of your neighbour — truly
the best of both worlds in terms of customer service.
Norm Parker

❞

clubs throughout the
community. As the family, and the business
expanded, both Norm’s
and Dustin’s spouses
became
important
members of the store’s
operation.
Norm
has
now
stepped away from most
of the daily activities,
but remains focused on
total customer satisfaction. Dustin has taken
over the store management overseeing the
daily operations as well
as the sales floor.
Along with his wife
Lisa, they are raising their six-yearold-daughter in the
community they both
grew up in and are able
to greet many of their
customers on a firstname basis.
While the Hometown Store is locally
owned and operated,
all merchandise sold is
supported by Sears satisfaction guarantee, as
well as Sears extensive
parts and service division, the largest service
network in Canada. In
addition, the store features Sears and third
party credit card acceptance.
Sears has installed
systems that enable
purchases
made
through the Hometown
Store to be reserved
immediately and delivery dates arranged
according to each customer’s preference.
“We’ve come up with
a winning formula for

Icelanders gather
Can you say Eyjafjallajökull?
If you can, you’re
probably Icelandic.
And, if you’re Icelandic (meaning you
have at least a drop
of Icelandic blood in
you, are married to an
Icelander or are simply interested in the
Icelandic experience),
you will want to attend
the annual Christmas
get-together of the Icelanders of the Comox
Valley.
This will be the seventh year of this gettogether celebrating
the Icelandic heritage.
This year it takes
place Dec. 4 from 7 to 9
p.m. at the Evergreen
Lounge in the Filberg
Centre in Courtenay.
Earlier this year, the

Thorlacius /Phillips
family spent a vacation
in Iceland. They will
share their experience
in the Land of Fire and
Ice at the get-together.
There will be coffee,
goodies and conversation (some in Icelandic).
And, you will learn
how to pronounce
Eyjafjallajökull, which,
of course is the name
of the volcano that
erupted in 2010, causing much grief to air
travellers in Europe
and news announcers
in North America.
There will be a fee of
$5 to cover costs. You
are invited to bring
goodies to share.
For more information, call Erik Eriksson
at 250-334-3306.

consumers in Courtenay and the Comox
Valley,”
continued
Parker, “by combining
the national resources
of Sears with the local
service of your neighbour — truly the best of
both worlds in terms of
customer service.”

The
Hometown
Store is open Mondays
to Saturdays from 9:30
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and
Sundays from 11 to 4.
Sears Canada is a
multi-channel retailer
with a network that
includes 196 corporate
stores, 269 Hometown
dealer stores, 12 home
services showrooms,
over 1,500 catalogue
and online merchandise pickup locations,
102 Sears Travel offices
and a nationwide home
maintenance, repair,
and installation network.
For more, visit www.
sears.ca.

THE PARKER FAMILY (from left) Dustin, Lisa, Madison, Sandi and Norm
have run the Sears store in Courtenay since 2000. PHOTO BY RENEE ANDOR

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A WINTER WONDERLAND the Mount Washington Alpine Resort’s winter season officially
opens Friday. Here’s a photo from earlier this week from the top of the Sunrise Chair.
PHOTO BY TRAVIS RAM

Three Day Sale specials in effect Friday, Saturday & Sunday, November 30th – December 2nd, 2012

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Friday, November 30, 2012 • COMOX VALLEY RECORD

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Santa’s Breakfast barrels of fun

SINGER ANNIE BECKER is one of the attractions as WinterFair begins
Saturday in Cumberland.

WinterFair in the village
This Saturday, over
40 vendors will set up
at the Cumberland
Recreation
Centre
on Dunsmuir to offer
wonderful, unique and
varied crafts, art, goods
and services to get you
started for the holiday
season.
WinterFair launches
the annual holiday shop
local campaign Christmas in the Village,
which runs through
December and offers a
diverse range of experiences for shoppers,
diners and audiences
in historic downtown
Cumberland.
WinterFair
runs
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and offers shoppers
moccasins, knitting and
crocheting along with
other fibre arts, soap,
preserves and more.
Wood, glass, metal,
paper, sparklies and
fabric are the basis for
everything from jewelry to home décor.
You’ll find something
for everyone on your
list – even the ‘hardest to buy for’ — and
probably something for
yourself, too.
It’s not all about
shopping — although
spending your money
with local craftspeople
and in locally owned
businesses boosts the
economy and supports
families here. It’s also
about food, and drink;
visiting with friends

and neighbours and,
of course (this is, after
all, Cumberland) entertainment.
Award-winning
singer/songwriter Sue
Pyper has been lauded throughout North
America and her cover
tunes have been wellreceived, but her own
songs are blowing folks
away.
Whether you see
Annie Becker in a
packed club, intimate
coffeehouse, animated
music festival, or bustling street corner, those
who come across this
jazz queen wrapped
in a folk dress wearing souled shoes will no
doubt walk away with a
smile on their face and
a melody in their head.
Pamela Tessmann,
Blaine Dunaway and
Anela
Kahiamoe
round out the day’s
lineup with their own
wonderful styles and
instruments. This is a
multifarious and multitalented group of great
musicians offering up
their talents to the
local community for a
day of fun.
Join in Saturday
and right through the
month to celebrate in
the village. Santa’s
breakfast and the Light
Up Truck Parade follow
WinterFair on Sunday.
The parade starts at 6
p.m. at Village Square
with hot chocolate for

the kids.
There will be latenight shopping on the
Fridays in December
and watch for, or join in
on, traditional wassailing on Dec. 14 before
the Give a Little Bit
shelter benefit at the
Waverley.
For details, visit
www.cumberlandbc.
org.
— Cumberland
Chamber
of Commerce

It’s the time of year
when Cumberland villagers young and old
gather to celebrate the
holiday season.
Santa’s Breakfast
this Sunday from 8:30
to 11:30 is a Cumberland tradition.
Part of Christmas in
the Village: Play, Dine,
Shop and Celebrate in
Historic Cumberland,
which runs from Dec.
1 to 15, Santa’s Breakfast features a delicious
pancake breakfast and
silent auction. Create your own holiday
wreath or a variety of
other crafts for all age,
enter the gingerbread
house contest, and,
of course, visit with
Santa!
Santa’s Breakfast
volunteer Gesa Ward
said of last year’s
event, “There is nothing more magical then
seeing an empty gym
turn into a Christmas
Wonderland.
“All the hard work
and effort from all
our volunteers comes
together to create a
wonderful festive event
for the young and old

YOUNG AND OLD are welcome at Santa’s
Breakfast this Sunday in Cumberland.
alike.”
Sponsored by Cumberland Community

Schools Society (CCSS)
and the Village of Cumberland, Santa’s Break-

fast is a way for CCSS
to thank the community for supporting its
valuable programs.
Proceeds from the
event help fund CCSS’s
after-school program
and the healthy lunch
program at Cumberland Elementary.
Entry to the breakfast at the Cumberland
Recreation Institute
(CRI), at 2655 Dunsmuir Ave. is by donation.
For more information
about Santa’s Breakfast, contact the CCSS
program co-ordinator
at 250-336-8521.
— Cumberland
Community Schools
Society

SNOWY OWL OSCAR is part of a current full house at MARS — another snowy owl, eight other owls, two turkey vultures, a bald eagle,
three gulls, a kingfisher, a trumpeter swan, a tundra swan, the MARS
three resident ambassadors — and a partridge in a pear tree.
centimetres with a
wingspan of 125 to
150 centimetres. They
weigh between 1.9 and
three kilograms. As in
all raptor species, the
females are larger than
the males.
Unmistakeable
and almost ghostly in
appearance, they have
large white, rounded
heads, bright yellow
eyes with subtle facial
discs and a large black
beak almost hidden
amongst white fluffy
feathers.
Their powerful legs
clad in long shaggy
feathers hide super
sharp black talons
with more feathers
protruding from their
between their toes.
Their dense feathers
are especially designed to insulate the owl
against the extreme
winter temperatures
and they must consume vast quantities
of food to provide heat
and energy.
Snowy owls are
formidable, stealthy
daytime hunters, searching for prey between
dawn and dusk. Due
to the severity of the
climate they live in,
they are opportunistic
feeders with a diet
including their favo-

rite lemmings, other
rodents and small
mammals, game birds,
other owls and snowshoe hares.
Their hunting and
capture skills are unique. They will “sit and
wait,” swooping down
on prey even if the prey
is under the snow —
and are also known to
catch fish. Probably
one of the most versatile feats involves capturing a hare, which
the owl will snag in
one powerful talon and
then hop along with
the hare until the hare
has no energy left.
Why are we seeing
so many snowy owls?
It is thought that last
year was an irruptive
year for the lemming
populations, which rise
and fall; in turn this
allowed the owls to produce higher than normal quantities of eggs
and the young thrived
on plentiful food.
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the juveniles are sent
packing to find their
own territory and their
own food supply, one
might say the ultimate
“tough love.”
Oscar, the only surviving snowy owl, has
had a hard-fought
battle to regain his
strength, arriving at
MARS extremely emaciated. His progress
has been very slow and
labour-intensive. I joined other volunteers
on the night feedings,
which were necessary
every four hours.
He is now showing
signs that he can take
whole food in small
amounts and ate a
mouse on his own.
Offering such food too
soon will kill the bird
as the stress of trying

to digest the food saps
whatever strength they
may have left.
We ask people to
observe any snowy owls
from a distance. They
are easily stressed and
if they appear not to
move they may well be
conserving what little
heat and energy they
have left. Please stay
well back and do not
try to make them fly.
Take advantage of
the “lull between the
storms” to look for birds
in sheltered areas. You
may see a rare visitor.
To follow Oscar’s
progress, go to www.
wingtips.org. To report
snowy owls or other
injured wildlife, call
1-800-304-9968, and for
all other calls, phone
250-337-2021.
Donations welcome.
Sandy Fairfield is
the educational co-ordinator for the Mountainaire Avian Rescue
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Snowy owls are one
of my favorite owls.
My first encounter
with one of these stunning creatures was
back in 2005, once a
rare visitor at MARS
we are seeing more
each year.
Winter is always full
of surprises as weather
systems can produce
severe winter storms as
we have seen this year.
Last week birders from
many places “flocked”
to the Comox Valley in
pursuit of a bird that
is so rare that only two
have ever been spotted
in North America.
Normally found in
Asia, the first North
American sighting was
in Mississippi 20 years
ago.
This “Mega rare
bird alert” has taken
the stage away from
the sighting of another
bird at risk, the snowy
owl.
There are many reasons why birds and
other wildlife species
show up in areas that
they usually don’t call
home. Most often in
the case of birds they
become disorientated
or blown off course
during severe storms
which would certainly
account for the increased number of different
local birds.
However there are
other reasons why the
snowy owls have strayed from their normal
habitat, which may
be changing. In my 11
years as a volunteer
at MARS, I treasure
each encounter with a
snowy owl — they are
breathtakingly beautiful.
In the past few
weeks, six snowy owls
have been admitted to
MARS and a further
seven sightings or
attempted
rescues
have been made.
Snowy owls are one
of the largest owls in
North America inhabiting one of the most
inhospitable environments in the world.
They are found in
Northern Canada and
Alaska, and also in the
arctic areas of Europe
where they eke out
their existence on the
frozen tundra.
These owls stand
between 52 and 71

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Grasses can be quite interesting in a fall garden
With so many plants
gone to seed and composting down in the
fall garden, one really appreciates those
plants that remain
stellar to provide some
pleasure in the landscape.
Evergreen shrubs
such as rhododendrons,
laurels and Aucuba
japonica â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Crotonifoliaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
are holding court over
our garden in front and
back right now.
And the grasses....
For anyone who has
not discovered grasses for their landscape
design, you are missing
out. They really stand
out in a fall garden.
Surpassed only by
orchids, grasses are
the next largest family
in the plant kingdom
at over 10,000 different species. With such
a wide variety available, there is a grass
for almost every zone
and garden setting
imaginable.
Unless you live in
central Greenland or
Antarctica â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the only
two places on Earth
where no grasses will
grow at all.
Over the years, John
and I have collected a
few grasses. One species we are fond of is
Miscanthus
sinensis. Fall is when this
particular grass really stands out in the
garden. Never in the
spring display.
Being a late-season
grass, it is slow to get
started. In fact, John
was almost rabid in his
despair over the loss
of his variegated Miscanthus sinensis var.
condensatus â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cosmopolitanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; its first winter
in our garden.
He was ready to rip
it out before I hogtied
him. That one plant
was an expensive addition to our landscape
design and I was not in
any hurry to add it to
the compost just yet.
Sure enough, come
June that year it was
starting to show its
stuff.
Patience is definitely
not one of Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s virtues. But patience is
well worth investing
with â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cosmopolitanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; for
its ultimate eight-foot
(2.4 m) or more height
to show off its stunning green and whitestriped leaf blades.
This grass justly
deserves its Award of
Garden Merit (AGM)
from the Royal Horticultural Society in
2001 and Great Plant
Pick (GPP) designation
for the Pacific Northwest in 2010.
One disappointment
with our â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cosmopolitanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is it never produces any flower scapes

many varieties as we
would like.
But I am thankful
for the few that we
have for the pleasure
they provide at this
dreary time of year...

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if only for the antics of
the birds as they bob
and weave on the slender seed head stalks in
an attempt to garner
some breakfast.
Leslie Cox co-owns

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PHOTO BY LESLIE COX

give you an idea how
stellar these particular
grasses are as well.)
And not all of the
miscanthus I have
listed here are as late
as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cosmopolitanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; to
appear on the scene in
spring. Both â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gold Barâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
and â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Strictusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; are quite
quick to send up fresh
leaf blades.
I should mention
here that Miscanthus
grasses should be cut
back to the ground in
late winter or early
spring before the new
blades start appearing.
Another grass that
is showing off in our
fall garden is Carex

oshimensis â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Evergoldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;
(variegated Japanese
sedge). I absolutely
love its low mound of
cascading green leaf
blades with their central stripe of bright
buttery yellow.
And it looks right
spiffy straight through
fall and winter. Small
wonder it received its
AGM in 1993 and GPP
designation in 2005.
Naturally, with over
10,000 grass species I
cannot touch on very
many here in this
space.
Nor do John and
I have a big enough
garden to showcase as

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You can still cycle in poor weather
Autumn and winter
bring the rain and the
cold and for many the
bicycle is relegated to
the garage or the shed
until spring arrives
again.
With a little planning and a few adaptations it is easy to think
of cycling for transportation instead of for
those summer recreational rides.
First, consider your
bicycle.
Make
sure
the
brakes, gears and tires
are in good working
order, and that you
have working lights
both front and rear as
required by law. Tires
with more tread and a
little less air will provide more traction on
the road just like the
winter tires on your
car.
The salt in road grit
can be hard on your
bike so rinsing it off
after riding can prevent
possible rust damage.
Mudguards will keep
you drier and cleaner
in wet weather.
It may be tempting
to turn to a wooly hat
in the cooler weather
but wearing a helmet,
aside from being the
law, will provide protection in case of a fall
or an accident. Headbands, ear warmers
and skullcaps fit well

SHIFTING GEARS

MARGARET
HARRIS

CYCLING AT NIGHT means you have to ensure
motorists can see you.
under a helmet, and
a waterproof helmet
cover will keep you
really dry.
Making
yourself
visible in the darker
days and at night is
vital and the combination of good front and
rear lights and either
a jacket with reflective

strips or a safety vest
will help motorists to
see you from a distance.
Setting the lights on
‘blinking’ mode works
especially well to catch
the attention of motorists.
The saying, “There’s
no such thing as bad
weather, only bad

clothes” might seem
a cliché, but it’s absolutely true. Layering is
the solution as the outside temperature will
change and exercising
will generate heat.
Three layers is the
recommendation — a
wicking layer, a cycling
jersey or light fleece
with a neck zip that
can be adjusted for the
weather, and finally a
top layer or shell that
is waterproof, windproof and breathable.
Your lower body will
stay warmer because
it is your legs that
are doing the work in
cycling, but long tights
or windproof and
waterproof overpants
keep the muscles warm
and dry.
Your feet and hands
can easily get cold as
they are not moving
very much. Gloves need
to be full finger, insulated and breathable.
Thermal, wicking socks
will help keep your feet
warm, and shoe covers will keep your feet
drier in heavy rain.
If you think it is too
cold or wet to ride your

bike consider the fact
that if you ride to do
errands you are only
outside for short periods of time. You will
repeatedly warm up
inside a shop, a library,
a gym, a dentist’s office,
and then head out for
the next short ride to
the next errand.
Is it time to wonder why your bicycle is
sitting neglected from
October to April?
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president of the Comox
Valley Cycling Coalition, writes Shifting
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Alright, do as I say, not as I do
I have to admit that
I made a conscious
decision to disobey a
couple of traffic laws
the other day.
I disregarded the
speed limit and failed
to keep to the right
lane. I didn’t think
that the failing to keep
right would be an issue
because I was pacing a
marked police vehicle
that I knew was not
responding to an emergency.
As with many readers, it has always been
a sore point with me
when I know that the
people who are charged
with enforcing the laws
were not prepared to
follow those laws themselves.
While I do make mistakes, I did my best to
follow the rules because
I felt that I could not
write violation tickets
if I was not prepared to
be an example.
This marked police
vehicle was not being
a good example as the
driver was consistently 15 to 20 km/h over
the speed limit if there
was no overtaken traffic to slow down for.
The vehicle also never
vacated the left hand
lane at any time dur-

BEHIND THE WHEEL

TIM

SCHEWE
ing the five kilometres
or so that I followed
along behind.
Do as I say, not as
I do.

What does one do?
Grumble like I did and
carry on? Complain to
the head of the detachment and hope that
something is done?
Perhaps you can
write about it like this
and hope that the officer will see themselves
in the narrative and
decide to do as I say
and as I do.

For more information on this topic, visit
www.drivesmartbc.ca.
Questions or comments
are welcome by e-mail
to comments@drivesmartbc.ca.
Tim Schewe is a
retired RCMP constable with many years of
traffic law enforcement
experience. His column
appears Friday.

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Fat causing serious problems for sewers in Oslo
Sonya Jenssen
Special to the Record

Every holiday season, the Oslo Water and
Sewerage Works runs
a campaign to reduce
the amount of fat from
food, cooking oil and
food scraps dumped
down the kitchen sink
or in the toilet.
This
awarenessbuilding
campaign
intends to expand the
knowledge
around
proper food disposal
while exposing the
vulnerabilities of our
household wastewater
systems.
Fat dumped down
the drain plugs up sewage pipes as well as
causing flooding, corrosion, and increased
operating and maintenance expenses.
In Norway, almost
all
municipalities
encounter
plugged
sewers as a result of
fat being dumped down
the kitchen sink and in
the toilet.
It is both convenient

and regarded as harmless to dispose of fats in
this way; however, as
these liquids cool, they
coat the inside of the
sewer pipes that over
time leaves a layer of
fat.
Fat is not the only
culprit guilty of plugging the sewers. Food
scraps such as coffee
grinds, eggshells and
rice along with items
such as ear swabs,
baby wipes, and feminine hygiene products
get trapped in the fat
and accelerate the
blockage.
The accumulation
of fat in the sewers is
similar to how cholesterol builds up in our
arteries. As fat builds
up in the sewer, the
flow of wastewater
becomes
restricted
causing a sewer pipe to
back up and overflow
untreated wastewater
into basements, streets,
and watersheds.
Corrosion and
poisonous gas
Blocked sewers are

Odds increasing
for avalanches
The season’s first
significant rise in avalanche danger alerts
us to the start of the
avalanche season on
Vancouver Island.
With the first significant rise in avalanche
danger being forecast by the Vancouver
Island Avalanche Centre for Thursday and
through the weekend,
the VIAC is reminding
the mountain recreating public of the need
to get avalanche education and to use the
Vancouver Island Avalanche Bulletin.
Significant precipitation and increasingly
strong wind will raise
the avalanche danger
in the alpine on Vancouver Island to high
before the weekend.
Continued precipita-

tion and strong winds
through the weekend
will keep danger levels
up.
The public is advised
to check the avalanche
bulletin at www.islandavalanchebulletin.
com and to follow the
advice given there.
In addition, avalanche eduction will
greatly enhance a person’s ability to understand and use the
bulletin and to make
safer decisions about
travel in the backcountry in winter.
For further information, contact the
forecaster on duty at
250-897-2990 or by
e-mail at forecaster@
islandavalanchebulletin.com. — Vancouver
Island Avalanche
Centre

only one of many problems caused by fat.
Fat is acidic and corrodes the pipe network,
in particular, pipes
constructed of concrete
— also the most common material for sewer
pipes. Pumps needed to
transport the sewerage

❝

employee has to scrap
the fat off the pump.
Not a sought-after job
but one that garners
respect.
Up to 30 pounds can
be removed from certain pumps at any one
given time. An average
of 140 tons of fat is

The accumulation of fat in the
sewers is similar to how cholesterol
builds up in our arteries.

❞Sonya Jenssen

to the treatment plant
also get plugged with
fat.
Fat also contributes to the formation
of hydrogen sulfide, a
potentially harmful
gas to employees working in manholes.
How is fat
removed? And
how much?
To tackle the problem of blocked sewers
and clogged pumps,
the Water and Sewerage Works in Oslo
flushes the city’s sewer
pipes approximately
200 days of the year —
some areas requiring
multiple flushes per
month.
If the problem is
a clogged pump, an

removed from the sewers and pumps in Oslo
each year.
The maintenance
cost connected to
flushing and scraping runs an annual
cost of anywhere
between $170,000 and
$340,000.
Change in
awareness,
change in
behavior
Restaurants
are
required to install fat
separators under their
main kitchen sink
drain, sanctioned in
the Pollution Control
Act.
This Act gives the
Agency authority to
regularly inspection
restaurants to ensure

that fat separators
have been properly
installed.
Private homeowners
are required to accept
the terms and conditions outlined by the
agency. These nonnegotiable terms are
sanctioned in municipal bylaws governing
water and wastewater
services.
Yet, the agency
has no jurisdiction to
enter private homes to
inspect whether or not
fat has been dumped
down the drain or
flushed down the toilet.
To get private homeowners to stop improperly disposing of fat,
food scraps and other
non-flushables, a public relations campaign
has been initiated.
A city sewer rat has
been chosen as the
mascot to represent
improper handling of
the sewer system.
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The tradition of people
going around a neighbourhood singing Christmas carols is a very ancient one.
However, in the Comox
Valley, it’s quite a new tradition. It is a great way to
experience the estuary during the winter season.
On Dec. 5 from 4 to 6
p.m., join singers as they
walk from 27th Street along
the Riverway Walk to the
Best Western Plus Westerly

Hotel.
The hotel will provide a
wassail cup to all carollers.
Those who wish to stay for
dinner will receive a special
rate, but reserve seats or a
table in advance by phoning
250-338-2749.
Carollers will gather at
the Mansfield Drive parking
space near Cliffe Avenue at
27th Street in Courtenay.
They will be led by John van
Egmond and Jim Boase on

trumpet.
Those who don’t want to
walk 10 blocks could join the
minstrels at the Airpark or
at the Old House. This year,
Rick Husband and Dale
Graham, John and Joanne
van Egmond and Nicole Fifi
will join us for an indoor
program of singing at the
Westerly.
Dress for the weather and
for the season! Also, consider car pooling so that one

vehicle is at each end of the
walk. Some shuttle service
will be available but you
might have to wait.
Everyone should have a
light and bring some carol
sheets. It is not necessary
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working to reduce HIV/
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over 26 years.
During the week
leading up to World
AIDS Day (Dec. 1), the
agency is aiming to
raise awareness about
getting tested in the
North Island for an illness that they say still
generates high levels of
misinformation, stigma
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zero discrimination,
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deaths — is a UNAIDS
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reduce new infections
and begin a treatment
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26 per cent of Canada’s
67,000 people living
with HIV are infected
with the virus but don’t
know it.
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one’s status and engaging in high-risk behaviour is often how new
infections occur,” says
Jensen.
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When Bill Montgomery set out to develop
his property into a
winery back in 2004,
he had no idea how
incredible the journey
would be.
Now, with a full-time
winemaker, vineyard
manager and marketing director on board,
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This summer, they
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truly possess a sense
of place and that we
are not just growing
grapes here, but that
we are capable of growing great wines.
2011 was their
first foray into buying
grapes from local growers and the result has
been stunning.
In October, they
released their first
white blend,
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Grey area for teachers
A recent ruling by the Workers’
Compensation Appeal Tribunal highlights
the need to clearly define when teachers are
covered by WorkSafeB.C. and when they’re not.
A social studies teacher in a B.C. school
district submitted a claim to WorkSafe in
2011 for a wrist injury sustained during a
lunchtime staff-versus-students softball game
It was intended as a harmonious staff/student
interaction.
The appeal tribunal rejected the teacher’s
claim for several reasons.
They include that playing the ball game with
students was not part of his regular duties, he
was not instructed by the employer to carry out
the activity, his participation was voluntary,
and he was injured during his lunch break.
The decision is being appealed.
This case has created a grey area for
teachers regarding what is considered part of
their job.
While not part of the work description, it’s
generally expected that teachers take part
in events, activities and clubs outside the
instructional hours of the school day.
Who’s to say a softball game at lunch time
doesn’t provide an educational opportunity for
students?
At the very least, interaction with a teacher
can build a positive experience for students
outside of the classroom, hopefully encouraging
further interest in studies.
To accomplish that, teachers need to know
what their role is and be provided with clear
guidelines of what activities are covered under
the umbrella of ‘work.’
The amount of volunteer work by teachers
was evident last spring when they implemented
a temporary ban on extracurricular activities,
forcing the cancellation of some activities.
If the ruling is upheld, it could reduce a
teacher’s willingness to continue volunteering
time for students.
That would be a shame, as that lesson would
be far from instructive.
Nanaimo News Bulletin

Record Question of the Week
This week: Seventy-three per cent of respondents said they know what to do
if they encounter a cougar. Next week: Are you glad that the City of Courtenay and Maple Pool Campsite seem to be resolving their dispute? Visit www.
comoxvalleyrecord.com and vote in the Poll.
Comox
Com Valley Dodge owner
Mike Marchi is showing
great community support by giving away 100
bicycles to local children
— with no catches.

BC Ferries might have
good reasons to introduce
a cable ferry, but the
decision was made before
Denman residents got to
comment to BC Ferries.

Politics ruined hospital plan
Dear editor;
I feel a strong need to comment on the letters regarding the
hospital.
Mr. Gillis and Ms. Frayne
state that now that the decision
has been made we should all
get on board and support it as a
team.
I would ask where that sentiment was when the decision was
made to build one regional hospital, based on professional advice
from the health authority, a consultant group out of Calgary, the
doctors of the Comox Valley, and
as chair of the hospital committee with 30 years in emergency
health services, me.
The chosen model was estimated at $300 million and would
provide a regional hospital on
the Inland Island Highway north
of Courtenay, and a community
hospital in Campbell River. It
was supported by a 17–3 vote at
the regional hospital board.
The naysayers who supported
the Campbell River doctors’

FRED BATES

group who argued against it did
not advocate that we “act as a
team” and support the decision
then, but rather started a political protest that eventually got
the Campbell River directors
supported by the rural directors
to support a new model that
would be politically more acceptable.
This new model is no more
than a “renovation of the current
model,” which will not improve

the provision of health care,
because it will not provide the
density of population to attract
specialists, and will cost nearly
twice as much, so money wasn’t
a consideration either.
The location is about as bad
a decision as could have been
made, if one takes patient care
access into account, but as was
pointed out it will make it more
convenient for student nurses to
have access from the college —
like that should be the priority.
It is too bad these expert folks
didn’t follow their own sage
advice when the first decision
was made.
VIHA should be commended
for its original plan and politics
should never have overridden
that plan.
For those who will suggest
I am whining because “I lost,”
please understand that I lost
nothing. The residents requiring
good health care in this area did.
Fred Bates,
Cumberland

St. Joe’s can still help community
Dear editor,
While I do not pretend to fully
contemplate and understand all
of the aspects involved with the
consideration and planning for
the future use of St. Joseph’s
Hospital, it seems that the status quo of “assisting seniors” is
the direction most likely to be
taken.
As I currently work as a provider of independent living for
seniors on a daily basis, I assure
your readers that assisted living
for seniors is not as attractive to
them as it might be to their family members and the public in
general.
The Comox Valley is a retirement community that has many
organizations that are both
capable and focused on providing
our seniors with the “assistance”

they need without the need to
take their home, and the majority of their belongings away from
them.
Personally, I feel the St.
Joseph’s site would be far better
used addressing the problem we
have here in the Valley of far too

little industry and jobs for its
citizens, and the byproducts that
are created from this situation
of drug and alcohol dependency
that we all see vividly on a daily
basis.
David McLeod,
Comox

We could have hospital
Dear editor,
Re: Let’s get on building two
hospitals.
Gwyn Frayne uses phrases
like “befuddle the issue” and “go
forward instead of fighting the
old battles.”
This conveniently ignores the
fact that Frayne and Jim Gillis
were among those responsible for

halting the original governmentapproved, fully financed plan for
a single hospital.
If the Citizens for Quality
Health Care had chosen to “redirect their efforts” years ago, we
would already have a state-ofthe-art regional hospital in the
Comox Valley!
Bill McLeod,
Courtenay

OPINION

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COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Friday, November 30, 2012

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We must protect invaluable estuary
JIM GILLIS

EDWIN GRIEVE

Glass recycled
in this Valley
Dear editor,
Yes, Mr. Hayward,
we do recycle glass.
You have not been
duped.
You are the kind of
person that we need
to lead the way with
recycling to reduce our
waste by 70 per cent.
We don’t make crystal out of it, but we
use it at the landfill to
reinforce asphalt. It is
essential to strengthen
the road surface so we
can extend its life from
the huge heavy trucks
that pull up every day
to empty our solid
waste. It is a vital and
important resource to
the maintenance of the
landfill. Your time was
not wasted separating
out glass. We need it!
We are working
hard to prepare our
own recycling centres.
The private property owners, who
provided their parking
lots for free, got fed
up with that small
group of citizens who
treat recycling as their
own personal garbage
dump. We will have
fewer recycling centres, but they will be
specifically designed,

safer, cleaner and better maintained for our
very valued recyclers.
I recycle, and I am
one of your elected
officials. I would venture to say that every
elected official is a
recycler.
So we need your
faith in us and the
system. We need a bit
of public patience until
we get our recycling
centres developed.
The end result will be
worth it.
Thank you for your
concern and comments
and for recycling.
Jim Gillis,
CVRD director, Area B
Editor’s note: Comox
Valley Regional District Area C director
Edwin Grieve notes
that Jim Gillis “forgot
to mention that there
are no longer any glass
foundries in B.C. and
that the only customer
that will take the product is in Alberta, where
it is made into fibreglass insulation. Even
then it can only be a
certain type of quality,
clean product and the
expense of shipping it
there makes it unsustainable.

Society needs ethics
Dear editor,
Why does there continue to be wasteful
spending on bureaucratic boondoggles that
suffer us dearly?
Every day there is
another example of
politicians, bureaucrats or quangos digging into the taxpayer
pocket and coming out
with handfuls of cash!
Library executives,
MLAs, mayors, MPs
‚— the list is endless!
Not to mention all
the huge amounts of
money we throw at
failed or meaningless
projects and contracts.
Now comes the really hard part — how do
we stop it?
Its simple — until
ethical, moral and conscientious standards
are upheld by failing
teachers, parents and
role models, nothing
will be done!

When are we going
to realize that these
kinds of corrupt practices begin with basic
tenets of responsibility
taught by those people
who affect us the
most?
It is not easy to
solve since there is no
tangible benefit that
can be easily seen.
Todays’ society is
so fixated on material importance that
it passes over the real
and true meaning of
honest and integrity.
We must strive to
continually emphasize to all levels of
government and
bureaucracy that our
resources have limits,
our patience has limits
and the political will
to effectively stop this
travesty is getting
stronger!
John Logan,
Courtenay

Dear editor,
The first sighting
ever in Canada of a
Citrine Wagtail in the
K’ómoks Estuary has
generated a flurry of
activity and visits by
bird watchers from
near and far in the
past week.
This is just one
example of how special
and fortunate we are
to have a Class 1 estuary in our valley.
One of the key features that draws new
residents and tourists
alike to our community is the beauty of the
estuary and its abundance of wildlife. What
is clear, though, is that
we have not always
made choices that protected and preserved
this important natural
feature. In October, we
witnessed the world’s
fourth-largest city,
New York City, experience the consequences
of not understanding
and developing wisely
along the shores of its
estuary. The power of
nature, the reality of
climate change and
storm Sandy all bore
witness to this reality.
Are we in the
Comox Valley going
to take the necessary
steps to ensure that
wise decisions are
made to protect our
historic K’ómoks Estuary?
In 2010, the elected
Regional Directors in

A CITRINE WAGTAIL was spotted in the
K’ómoks Estuary, the first sighting in Canada.
the CVRD established
a government/citizen
committee to develop a
Courtenay River Estuary Management Plan
(CREMP).
As the plan stresses,
the four political jurisdictions bordering the
estuary, the City of
Courtenay, the Town
of Comox, the CVRD
and the K’ómoks First
Nation will need to
work collaboratively
to make the plan to
protect the estuary
effective.
During the last local
elections, a majority
of the candidates who
were elected indicated
publicly in all candidates meetings or
mayoral debates that
they would support
the concept of a management plan for the
estuary. During the
next few months, these
political leaders will
have the opportunity

Palestinian’s
story not told
Dear editor,
Our media swallows
the Israeli political
line about the ongoing
conflict between them
and the Palestinians.
I write this as a
sincere attempt to get
some balance, though
this may not be well
received by some.
The Allied saturation bombing of
German cities in the
Second World War
was protested by
churchmen and others in Britain, but the
jingoism of a nation
triumphant justified
the politician’s actions.
“They did it to us —
remember Coventry!”
Over the years one
realizes there is another side which needs to
be heard. I have met
people who were on
the receiving end of
our actions in Dresden; so I am acutely
aware of how our news
can be skewed.
There are Israelis,
Jewish people here
and in other coun-

tries, and persons
like myself who know
there is another narrative, that of the Palestinians, which should
be heard.
Some of these persons have made the
difficult choice to confront their own, often
hardly recognized
biases, and look openly
at the conflict and its
history. Their conclusions have made them
persona non grata
to Israeli politicians,
apologists and sometimes to their own
families.
The past century
has seen enough conflict between peoples.
We are all one family and need to get
to know each other
as different in many
ways, but so alike
when suffering in war
and dislocation.
Fear breeds distrust.
Can we not reach out
with love to change
ourselves and the
world?
Joy Johnston,
Comox

to demonstrate to our
local citizenry their
commitment to this
concept.
The draft Courtenay River Estuary
Management Plan
prepared by the
government/citizen
committee proposes a
collaborative approach
to protecting the estuary, facilitated by an
Estuary Authority.
This authority
would be established
through a Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) similar to the
MOU established for
the Regional Growth
Strategy. This Authority will be comprised
of elected officials as
well as representatives from K’omoks

First Nation, federal,
provincial, and local
governments and nongovernment organizations.
The estuary is a
natural feature that
connects all of the
local governmental
jurisdictions. The
Estuary Authority, as
proposed in the estuary management plan,
will make recommendations based on the
principles laid out in
the management plan.
The guiding consideration in all decisions
will be the health and
well-being of the estuary.
At this time, there
is no need of a major
fiscal expenditure for
this working Authority. The government
representatives are
already on salary and
the NGO representatives will volunteer
their time and considerable expertise as
they have done for the
past 18-month period
it has taken to generate the draft management plan.
The concept is
simple. The estuary
authority would put
the needs, preservation and protection
of the estuary first in

coming to its collective recommendations
regarding any activities or developments
affecting the estuary.
These recommendations would then
be presented to the
specific jurisdictions
for consideration and
adoption. The final
decision would be
made by the respective
council after reviewing
the recommendations
of the estuary authority.
As a retired professional biologist who
has served along with
others on the Courtenay River Estuary
Management Plan
Steering Committee,
I anticipate that our
local political leaders will appreciate
the value of our time
and expertise given to
create an impressive
document at virtually
no cost to local municipal governments —
Courtenay and Comox
and the K’ómoks First
Nation.
The minimal costs
that were incurred,
the part time work of
one planner, were covered by the regional
district.
Paul A. Horgen,
Area B

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College of Music in Boston and
the rest in Vancouver.
“I just stick my head over the
“Putting together a CD is very top of the piano until something
satisfying and very nerve-wrack- interesting happens,” he says.
ing,” admits Comox Valley jazz- “I do the bulk of my composing
on the piano and edit it on the
folk fiddler Trent Freeman.
“You’re putting the past four or fiddle.”
Rock, Paper, Scissors is defifive years of your life out there,
opening it to public scrutiny. You nitely interesting.
The fresh, innovative composifeel exposed and intimidated. ”
But Freeman’s efforts were tions take the sound of downhome
fiddle
validated
on
and
elevate
Nov. 17 when
it to sophistihis CD Rock,
cated jazz. And
Paper, Scissors,
there are just
won Instrumenenough quirky
tal Solo Artist of
elements
to
the Year at the
prevent
the
Canadian Folk
whole
thing
Music Awards.
from becomHe watched
ing too serious.
the St. John,
When it comes
N.B., ceremony
to
original,
from a hotel in
it doesn’t get
Mainz, Germany
better
with members of
My music involves a much
than this.
his string quarAnd it was
tet, The Fret- lot of exploration. I dive
less. And danged into one style and at some all produced,
recorded and
if they didn’t point come out the other
mixed by Paul
win
InstruKeim at Dove
mental Group side with a new underCreek Studios
of the Year and standing of that style.
in the Comox
Ensemble of the
Trent Freeman Valley.
Year for their
“I’m a huge
CD Waterbound.
“We were all really excited,” fan of Paul’s and the work he does
says Freeman who recently at Dove Creek Studios,” says Freereturned to Canada after the six- man. “And it’s always so relaxing
to come home. I think well in the
week tour.
The 23-year old is bringing his Valley.”
Freeman began his musical
music home with a CD launch
concert at the Bridge Lounge in adventure at age five. Given a
Courtenay on Dec. 7. Performing choice of piano or violin lessons,
with him, as they did on the CD, he chose violin, as it was most like
will be Jordan Mann on bass, a guitar, his favourite instrument
Steve Fletcher on piano and Jon at the time. He studied classical
violin then got caught up in the
May on drums.
The double-bill evening also dynamic rhythms of traditional
features Black Creek resident fiddling.
Soon he was playing at dancJeff Drummond on guitar and
his groove-based funky jazz band es and shows, teaching summer
Sinistrio, which also includes music camps and winning fiddle
Fletcher and May. Tickets are $15 contests. He’s a five-time finalist
in the Canadian Grand Master
at the door.
Freeman wrote half the origi- Fiddling Championships.
After studying at Berklee and
nal compositions on Rock, Paper,
Scissors while attending Berklee the University of British ColumRecord Arts

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FIDDLER TRENT FREEMAN returns for a CD release party Dec. 7 at the Bridge Lounge.
bia, Freeman settled in Vancouver. There he’s been working as a
session musician and sideman, as
well as creating and performing
his own work, which has shifted
from old-time fiddle to jazz. He’s
also directed, produced and edited
several of his own music videos,
which can be viewed at www.
trentfreeman.com.

Aside from his lengthy road
trip, his current focus has been a
new CD for The Fretless.
“My music involves a lot of
exploration,” says Freeman who
plans to move to Toronto in January. “I dive into one style and at
some point come out the other
side with a new understanding
of that style. And somewhere

along the way, my eyes have been
opened to something new.
“I get a lot of my inspiration
from different performers and
genres. My music is always evolving.”
Paula Wild is a published
author and regular contributor
to the Comox Valley Record’s arts
and entertainment section.

Waves will really float your boat
Living on an island, many
of us spend time Sittin’ on the
Dock of the Bay, perhaps dreaming about a sweetheart somewhere Beyond the Sea.
Like a Bridge Over Troubled
Water, the Just in Time Vocal
Jazz Choirs concert will carry
you away on a Wave of song this
Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Sid
Williams Theatre.
This isn’t your typical winter
choir concert.
The three choirs, Unplugged,
the Jazzy Jems, and Vocal
Minority, are presenting Wave,
a diverse collection of swing,
Latin, pop, calypso, gospel, and
folk tunes with a splashy theme.
Wendy Nixon Stothert has been
working her magic with 80 singers, who are delighted to be tak-

ing listeners to places they’ve
never been before.
The audience will be Rolling
in the Deep with the Devil and
the Deep Blue Sea, sampling
the sweet waters of Jobim’s
Agua de Beber while wondering just How Deep is the Ocean.
Fun arrangements of pop tunes
like Here Comes the Rain Again
and Sting’s Set Them Free will
cascade next to standards like
My Favourite Things.
“We are riding the wave of
our incredibly successful Singa-Thon at St. Joseph’s Hospital
last week,” says Nixon Stothert.
“We were able to raise just over
our goal of $4,000 to purchase
music players for use by dementia patients at The Views and
Glacier View Lodge.

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“Our community has been so
generous and supportive of this
project. We are really looking
forward to treating the audience at the Sid to our full and
buoyant program of music.”
Guest performances by tap
dancer extraordinaire Lindsay
Sterk, vivacious violinist Jack
Roland and perky percussionist
Jim Stepan will tantalize the
ears. Accompanying the choirs
is a terrific rhythm section with
the brilliant Sean Mooney on
piano, Grahame Edwards on
bass and Jacob Gregory on
drums.
Tickets at the Sid box office,
wwww.sidwilliamstheatre.com
and 250-338-2430.
— Just In Time
Vocal Jazz Choirs

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Amanda Usher, Anela Kahiamoe,
Todd Butler, Sue Medley and Doug
Cox will happen Dec. 8 at the Cumberland Hotel.

Tickets for this show are available
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
This past summer, the Marine Harvest charity
salmon barbeque cooked up over $15,000 for
deserving charities. The support received from
the Comox Valley, Port Hardy, Port McNeill,
Campbell River and the Real Canadian
Superstore was incredible – thank you!

Search on
by choir
The Comox Valley
Children’s Choir (formerly Nova Voce) is
actively seeking a new
musical director for
January 2013.
This is an exciting
opportunity for the
right person!
The choir has been
an integral part of the
Valley choral music
scene for almost 20
years and provides the
only local opportunity
for young singers to
experience great choral
repertoire while learning about vocal pedagogy and singing in a
choir.
The choir has toured,
performed locally at the
Sid Williams Theatre
as well as presenting
numerous community
performances for young
and old alike.
— Comox Valley
Children’s Choir

and the SPCA.
We look forward to serving you in 2013!
Applications for charities and societies will
be made available in February 2013 on our
website at www.marineharvestcanada.com.
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United Nations threesome helping Fanny Bay Hall
‘Tis the season for a Dutch,
Norwegian and Métis combo
to take to the stage with a
beautiful array of songs in a
fundraiser concert for and at
the Fanny Bay Community
Hall.
Juno Award winner Gary
Fjellgaard will be joined by
Courtenay songwriters
Saskia and Darrel on Dec. 8
at 8 p.m.
They are all happy to be
back on home turf after a
long, cold Prairies tour and
especially pleased to be coming so close to Courtenay
where Saskia and Darrel live
when they are not on the
road and have made many
friends over the years and
are always greeted by happy
crowds of concert goers.
They will perform awardwinning hits from Fjellgaard’s many CDs such as
Islanders and Somewhere on
the Island and Gary will perform songs from his Secret
Santa Christmas CD with
gorgeous original songs soon
to be placed among the classics.
Saskia and Darrel will
bring their new Christmas
CD, which features their
original Christmas songs
along with gorgeous classics
like Ave Maria and Oh Holy
Night. They will also treat
the audience to songs from
their new CD Songbirds.
Get ready to enjoy the
beautiful melodies, harmo-

nies, decorating the honest
homegrown stories that these
three troubadours are so well
known for, add a few wild
crowd-pleasers, maybe some
yodelling and — voila — an
unforgettable evening!
From Florida to Fanny
Bay this trio has played for
appreciative audiences but
they always stop in at home
on Vancouver Island where
the fans not only love but
understand their music.
Songs about the romance and
simplicity of Canadian living stir the imagination and
memories of concert goers
and keep them coming back.
“Gary, Saskia & Darrel: What a fabulous show!
Between hilarious stories and
poignant song lyrics accented
by extraordinary harmonies,
there was hardly a moment
to catch one’s breath. It was
an evening none of us will
forget for a very long while!
Thank you on behalf of the
Anne Murray Centre for an
outstanding performance.” —
Susan Belliveau, Springfield,
N.S.
For about the performers,
visit www.fjellgaard.bc.ca
and www.saskia.ca.
Tickets are available at
Weinberg’s Fine Foods (lower
level at Buckley Bay) and
Blue Heron Books in Comox.
For more tickets and more
information, call 250-3353282.
— Saskia and Darrel

SINGER GARY FJELLGAARD will be joined by Saskia and Darrel on Dec. 8 at the Fanny Bay Community Hall
in a fundraiser for the hall.

Superstar at Rialto
duction
originally
opened in the West
End in 1972 and has
been reimagined to
capture today’s audiences with the classic
musical numbers that
you are sure to remember and love.

The two Rialto presentations will begin
with an exclusive historical retrospective on
this iconic title including interviews with
cast members from the
past and present.
Starring Ben Forster

as Jesus, Tim Minchin
as Judas Iscariot, and
Melanie
Chisholm
(aka Mel C from the
Spice Girls) as Mary
Magdalene. Don’t miss
the rock-n-roll event of
the year!
Tickets are on sale
now. For more information, call the Rialto
Theatre at 250-3385502.

Win a Trip to Vegas!
Visit one or all of the following downtown Comox businesses
between Nov. 7 and 30 and enter your name for a chance to
win a trip to Vegas.

THE PEARL ELLIS Gallery fundraiser Dec. 4 to 22 will feature Flower
Power by Maureen England and Winter in Heiloo by Saskia King
among many others.

Pearl having fundraiser
The Pearl Ellis Gallery is kicking
off the Christmas season with a special fundraiser show — all artwork
is priced at $400 or less.
This annual fundraiser supports
the gallery’s high school bursary
program and yearly expenses. With
over 50 members entered in the
show there will be more art pieces
on display than ever before. This
exhibition opens Dec. 4, running
until Dec. 22.
The official opening “meet and
greet” of the show will be on Dec.
8 from 1 to 4 p.m. Meet the artists
and enter the draw for a gift basket
in support of the Comox Valley Food
Bank. All entries for the draw can be
acquired with either a cash donation
or a nonperishable food item.
The gallery will collect food and
donations until Dec. 21 and the draw
will be made at 4 p.m. that day.
Visitors can expect to see quality
pieces of work by established local
artists and new artists.
Brian Buckrell, Saskia King, Hans
Larsen, Judi Pedder, Jill Paris Rody,
Petra Herselman and Sofie Skapski

are just a few of the established artists with a variety of styles, techniques and subjects that will be
displaying their work.
This show will be a great opportunity to add a piece of original
art work to ones collection at a
very reasonable price. Even Scrooge
approves of this sale!
The Pearl Ellis Gallery is always
a great place to visit and to shop for
that unique new piece of art for one’s
home, business or as a gift.
The gallery also carries a good
selection of art cards and calendars.
Members receive a 10-per-cent discount on purchases of art during the
opening reception or meet and greet
the artist day of each new show.
New memberships are always
available for $20. Any membership
taken out during this show will be
in effect until Dec. 31, 2013. Anyone
taking out a new membership on
Dec. 8 can take advantage of the
10-per-cent discount on purchases
made that day.
The gallery is located at 1729
Comox Ave. in downtown Comox.

Details: The trip for two will include 4 nights accommodation in
the Luxor Hotel and return airfare from Vancouver.
The draw will be during the ﬁrst week of December.
This contest is sponsored by Comox BIA, Jan’s Travel & Cruise Centre
and the Comox Valley Record

Guitar gift put Buie on blues path at very early age
Jason Buie’s journey
on the blues-rock road
was cemented the day
he received a guitar
as a gift, when he was
all of six years old —
maybe seven, he can’t
say for sure.
“I remember in
Grade 2, I wanted a
guitar and got one from
my parents,” recalled
Buie, who performs
Dec. 7 at Joe’s Garage.
“I used to bring it to
school — I couldn’t
really play it, but I’d
walk around with it,
feeling cool.”
It was an acoustic
model from Sears and,
amazingly, he still has
it.
“It’s a smaller one,
and I’ve been thinking
about getting it re-fretted and made into a
slide guitar. It’s always
just been in my heap
of stuff, from house to
house over the years.”
Blues music has
taken Buie on a busy,
eventful path from his
Victoria roots to Vancouver.
Six-string in hand,
Buie has been playing
gigs since age 16. At
the time, his musical
tastes were influenced
by a diet of Jimi Hendrix, Cream and the
more bluesy Elvis
Presley tunes favoured
by his parents. These
sounds certainly went
against the grain at his
high school.
“Everybody else was
listening to Van Halen
and I was listening to
B.B. King,” recalled
Buie.
Blues has fuelled
Buie’s career as a guitarist, songwriter and
globe-travelling entertainer. He’s toured
Europe a couple of
times, with another
trek in the works this
May.
At home, Buie is a
key behind-the-scenes

guy and frequent performer with White
Rock Blues Society, the
organization he cooked
up with fellow music
enthusiast Rod Dranfield two years back.
Before he flies off
to Europe again, Buie
is busy in the coming
weeks with a good variety of shows, including
the Joe’s Garage date.
On CD, Buie’s latest
release is Live at the
Blue Gator, an eightsong jam he recorded
with his hot band at
the Kelowna bar in
2005. The disc is full
of psychedelic electric
blues including a smoking version of Manic
Depression.
For more info about
his music, check out
www.jasonbuieband.
com.
Because of limitations set out in the
rules for the specialoccasions licence, tickets must be purchased
in advance and are
available at Bop City.

BLUESMAN JASON
BUIE is back in town
for one night of
blues Dec. 7 at Joe’s
Garage in Courtenay.
Tickets must be
purchased at Bop
City Records before
the show.

This show is sponsored by the Society
For Artistic Development Comox Valley,
with a portion of the

proceeds going to helping local artists develop
their talent and to foster community spirit
through the organiza-

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HAPPENING

BEST PAGEANT EVER The Co-Val Choristers rehearse for their production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Come and
see the real thing on Dec. 7, 8 or 9. For tickets, call 250-334-2992.

A WEE TASTE of Christmas will be offered Dec. 9 by the Island Voices
Chamber Choir at the Shelter Point Distillery.

“Where good friends meet”

Singing and a wee dram
Let the Island Voices
Chamber Choir tantalize your ears and your
tastebuds Dec. 9 at 2
p.m. with a Wee Taste
of Christmas.
The Shelter Point
Distillery (formerly the
UBC Farm at Oyster
River) will be the spectacular setting for this
Christmas concert.
Shelter Point Distillery is an artisan distillery, producing premium
single-malt Canadian
whiskey. This one-of-akind space is located at
4650 Regent Road, off
Highway 19-A at Terrain Road, easily accessible to both Campbell
River and Courtenay
audiences.
For directions, visit
the Shelter Point Distillery website at www.
shelterpointdistillery.
com.
Island Voices will
present a varied program of seasonal choral
a cappella compositions
from across the centuries and from around
the world, along with
favourites such as Deck
the Halls, Good King
Wenceslas, and Have
Yourself a Merry Little

Christmas. Well-known
Campbell River soprano Amy Lelliott will be
the guest artist.
Following the performance, join the singers
as they celebrate the
season with Christmas goodies and a wee
dram.

Tickets are available
at the door or from
choir members. For
more information, call
250-338-1439 or 250287-4236, or visit www.
islandvoiceschamberchoir.bc.ca.
— Island Voices
Chamber Choir

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ART ALCHEMY features work
Jablonski-Jones,
by Martha Jablonski-Jones
362C-10th St. in Courtenay.
FMI: www.artalchemy.ca.
AVALANCHE BAR & GRILL
comedy night on the third
Thursday of the month,
starting at 9 p.m. House
Ten85 DJs live music starting
every Saturday at 9 p.m. FMI:
250-331-0334.
COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY open Mondays to Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Christmas Market to
Dec. 29. Time Away exhibit
in George Sawchuk Gallery.
Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm.
FMI: 250-338-6211 or www.
comoxvalleyartgallery.com.
CORRE ALICE GALLERY
at 2781 Dunsmuir Ave. in
Cumberland features Wild
Women Uncorked.
GRIFFIN PUB north of CFB
Comox hosts Jazztet every
Sunday from 5 to 9 p.m.
JOE’S GARAGE features
Comox Valley Uke Jam every
second Tuesday. Ukulele
instruction at 7 p.m., jam
at 8 p.m.
MEX PUB has a Rock ‘n Country Jam ‘n Dance hosted by
Outlaw Fever on Tuesdays
(except the first Tuesday of
the month), starting at 9
p.m.
PEARL ELLIS GALLERY in
Comox open Tuesdays to
Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and Sundays 1 to 4 p.m.
at 1729 Comox Ave. Brushworks Show & Sale to Dec. 2.
Members’ Fundraiser Show
& Sale Dec. 4 to Jan 27. FMI:
www.pearlellisgallery.com
or Facebook.
SERIOUS COFFEE showing
photos of Christina Nienaber-Roberts and Keith Roberts
in November and December.
SOPHIE SKAPSKI pre-Christmas show and sale Dec. 8
and 9 at her studio (1535
Piercy Ave. in Courtenay), 10
to 4 both days.
WAVERLEY HOTEL jam night
with Brodie Dawson and
friends runs every Thursday,
no cover. Visit www.waverleyhotel.ca.
WHISTLE STOP PUB house
band Big Fun on stage each
weekend.
ZOCALO CAFÉ, bassist Tim
Croft plays duets with different musicians in various
genres Thursdays from 7:30
to 9:30 p.m. Anderson Jazz
Syndicate performs on the
last Friday of each month.
Music begins at 7:30 p.m.

JOHN REISCHMAN AND THE
JAYBIRDS at Merville Hall.
Doors open at 7 p.m., music
at 7:30. Tickets at Long &
McQuade, Music Plant, Bop
City at the door or call Craig
at 250-339-4249.
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
screens at Rialto Theatre,

PAUL RODGERS AND JEFF
DRUMMOND in 1st Tuesday
Fundraiser at Mex Pub, 7:30
p.m.
KIM BANNERMAN discusses
Medical Quackery and Questionable Cures from the late
Victorian era, 7 p.m., Courtenay and District Museum. FMI: 250-334-0686.
WORLD
COMMUNITY
screens film For Once in My
Life, 7:30 p.m., Stan Hagen
Theatre.

THE LAURIE TINKLER production of the Nutcracker includes Katherine as a doll.

Countdown on
for Nutcracker
It’s beginning to look
a lot like Christmas.
Christmas lights,
packages and trees are
everywhere you look.
Store windows are
beautifully decorated.
Countdown charts are
beginning to appear —
only so many days left
until....
The Laurie Tinkler
School of Dance says
the countdown to the
Nutcracker has begun.
For the ninth year, this
Christmas classic is
being brought to life
on the stage of the Sid
Williams Theatre. The
excitement is mounting as dances are perfected, costumes are
fitted and set designs
are finalized.
You are sure know
the music. The Nutcracker March, the
Waltz of the Flowers
and
Tchaikovsky’s
famous Dance of the
Sugar Plum Fairy may
well be already playing
in your head. Step into
the Sid and allow these
pieces to lift you into a
more magical place.
And magical it is!
Join the Stahlbaum’s
grand Christmas Eve
Party. Delight in the
wonderful gifts received
by Clara, Fritz and
their young friends. Be
transported with Clara

to her dream world!
Witness the fight
between and Rat King
and the Nutcracker
Prince. Journey on to
the Land of Sweets.
This production is a
wonderful escape from
the hustle and bustle
of the season.
With three performances, there is sure
to be one that will suit
your schedule. On Dec.
14 and 15, there will be
evening performances
at 7:30. On Dec. 15,
there will be a matinee
at 2.
Tickets are on sale
at the Sid box office.
For more information,
call 250-897-8885.

On a bright clear,
sunny, summer morning in July 2010 a group
of 13 intrepid adventurers scrambled onto
the 6,000-foot summit
of Crown Mountain,
high in the wilderness
of Strathcona Provincial Park.
They had come
from various walks of
life, some experienced
mountaineers and others on their first-ever
climb. What united
them all was a desire to
celebrate the creation
of Strathcona, the first
of British Columbia’s
provincial parks.
The Strathcona Centennial Expedition travelled for three weeks
in July and August
2010 across Vancouver
Island from Campbell
River to Port Alberni,
over 300 kilometres
through the heart of
Strathcona Park.
They journeyed by
canoe and on foot via
the rugged valleys and
mountains, retracing
the steps of the father
of BC Parks, Price Ellison.
Ellison was a rancher from the Okanagan,
MLA and minister in
the government of Sir
Richard McBride. In
the summer of 1910,
Ellison and a party of
23 had completed this
very same journey to
assess the suitability of
the Strathcona Reserve
for park status.
Ellison
was
so
impressed by what he
saw and experienced
that he wrote a glowing
account to McBride’s
cabinet. In March 1911
legislation was passed
enacting the Strathco-

tion photographs Stone
has crafted two books
that tell two stories
spanning a hundred
years.
Strathcona 1910 Discovery Expedition and
Strathcona 2010 Centennial Expedition are
both engaging reads,
dramatically
illustrated by photos from
each of the expeditions.

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QUADRA ISLAND AUTHOR and expedition
leader Philip Stone has brought to life expeditions to the heights of Strathcona Provincial
Park.
na Act, creating B.C.’s
first park.
One of Ellison’s
party was his nephew
Harry McClure-Johnson, the expedition’s
official scribe. Johnson detailed the whole
adventure from Victoria via steamship to
Campbell River and
their epic traverse
across the lakes and
mountains to Port
Alberni.
For a hundred years
this beautifully written
account of an important chapter in B.C.’s
history has been cared
for in museum archives
along with a collection of photographs
by Frank Ward taken
along the expedition
route.
Now, alongside a
twin journal from the
2010 Strathcona Cen-

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They are perfect for
those that cherish our
parks and history.
The books along with
a documentary film
DVD are available now
from Wild Isle Publications.
For more information and to purchase
online, visit www.wildisle.ca.
— Philip Stone

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tennial
Expedition,
Johnson’s words and
Ward’s photographs
have been published
for the first time.
Quadra
Island
author and expedition
leader Philip Stone has
brought these two volumes to life. Weaving
the colourful descriptions of the characters
and the unforgiving
but spectacular landscape, with the expedi-

WILL LITTLE JESSICA be able to help her new
antlered friend find his way back to Santa?
Watch Prancer on Dec. 8 and find out.
PHOTO COURTESY CINEPLEX-ODEON FILMS

Reindeer focus
of holiday film
In celebration of the
holiday season and in
affiliation with Downtown
Courtenay’s
WinterFest, the Sid
Williams Theatre Society presents a holiday
film screening of the
1989 classic Prancer on
Dec. 8 at 6 p.m.
A wounded reindeer
and a precocious eightyear-old girl form an
everlasting bond in this
tender holiday drama
about true devotion
and friendship.
An
enchanting
film full of “heart and
gumption,” says Roger
Ebert.
Prancer will set your
imagination alight!
Jessica Riggs plays an
angel in her school pageant, but she becomes
a real guardian angel
when she finds an
injured reindeer in the
forest.
Convinced that the
deer is Santa’s very own
Prancer, Jessica vows
to nurse him back to
health and return him
safely home. But before
she can carry out her
plan, Jessica discovers that her father has
made another — very
different — plan of his
own.
Will Jessica be able
to help her antlered
friend find his way
back to Santa in time
to make their deliveries on Christmas Eve?
The magical final
scene is sure to make
your heart soar!
Prancer stars Sam
Elliott, Cloris Leachman, Abe Vigoda,
Rebecca Harrell, and
Michael Constantine.
This screening is a

fundraising event for
the Sid Williams Theatre Society, a charitable
organization
dedicated to providing
the Comox Valley with
access to the performing arts and expanding
cultural horizons. This
non-profit society also
operates the Sid Williams Theatre. Funds
raised from the evening will support the
Society’s volunteer program.
Doors will open at
5 with admission by
donation (a $5 donation is suggested).

Fifty artists — some
of Canada’s most celebrated and many who
are First Nations —
have taken up paintbrushes and carving
tools to portray Canada’s fragile raincoast.
They feel the raincoast is threatened by
the Northern Gateway
pipeline proposed by
Enbridge and their
international partners.
The goal of the
artists, who include
Esther Sample from
the Comox Valley, is to
bring attention to the
dramatic beauty and
ecological diversity of
B.C.’s north and central coasts that will be
at risk if tankers are
permitted to ship tar
sands oil through their
narrow and dangerous
channels.
Over a two-week
period last June they
travelled to the region
on an expedition organized by Raincoast
Conservation Foundation to depict the rich
biodiversity and integrated, ecological elements of the forest,
intertidal, and ocean
zones, and the people,
flora and fauna that
have lived there for
thousands of years.
The resulting works,
combined with prose
and poetry, have been
published in a stunning art book entitled
Canada’s Raincoast at
Risk: Art for an OilFree Coast.
Besides
Sample,
other artists featured
in the book include
Robert Bateman, Robert Davidson, Carol
Evans, Roy Henry
Vickers, Craig Benson

and Alison Watt.
The book also features a foreword by
David Suzuki and an
afterword by Wade
Davis, with introductory essays by Briony Penn and Jessie
Housty.
In addition, a striking multi-touch eBook
for the iPad and iPad
Mini has been produced
as a digital companion to the print book.
The eBook contains
nine chapters of photographs and essays,
information about the
artists and pictures of
the artwork.
It is enhanced by the
inclusion of 21 videos
of artists at work on
the beautiful North
Coast and speaking
about what this project means to them.
The eBook will soon be
available for download.
The original artworks, donated by the
artists and featured in
the book, will become
part of a travelling art
show, which opened
Nov. 27 in Vancouver, to
raise public awareness
of what is at stake on
this spectacular coast
and why it needs to
be kept oil-free. Subsequent shows will take
place in Victoria, on
Salt Spring Island and
in Nanaimo.
The art-for-conservation idea was the
brainchild of Tofino
artist Mark Hobson.
“Since the call went
out to the artist community to participate,
the response has been
overwhelming, as is
clearly evidenced in
this book,” said Hobson.
“Many feel as I do, it

will only be a matter of
time before incidents,
like the Exxon Valdez
oil spill, repeat themselves in this incredible
coastal ecosystem.”
The Art for an OilFree Coast project is
being co-ordinated and
supported by the Raincoast
Conservation
Foundation.
“These
artists
have done a magnificent job depicting the
amazingly beautiful
and ecologically rich
wild places Northern
Gateway puts at risk,”
said Brian Falconer,
Raincoast’s director of

3rd Annual

marine operations.
Canada’s Raincoast
at Risk: Art for an OilFree Coast is available
for purchase through

www.raincoast.org and
at local booksellers.
— Raincoast
Conservation
Foundation

#1 MOVIE IN THE WORLD
“A WILD TWIST ENDING
THAT WILL LEAVE
YOU BREATHLESS.”
CHRIS PARENTE, KDVR-TV

These Couchmen relentless
Bringin’ the
get down
from
bluegrass
to boogie

Relentlessly packing the dance floors of
the Valley for the past
eight years, the Relentless Couchmen always
have a good time up
their sleeves.
With a mandate
for “bringin’ the get
down” from bluegrass
to boogie, this is a band
that’ll keep you dancin’
all night.
With the recent addition of local favourite
Jenn Forsland on keyboards, this six-piece
band (and you never
know who else might
sit in!) is poised for
another classic shakedown Dec. 7 at the
Waverley Hotel.
Tickets are available
at Bop City, the Waverley Hotel or by phoning
250-336-8322. Doors
open at 9:30 p.m.
For more about
the band, visit http://
ca.myspace.com/relentlesscouchmen.
— Cumberland
Village Works

THE TINTOWN ARTISTS invite you to have an out-of-the-box Christmas
shopping experience Dec. 8.

Artists busy in Tin Town
a new level.
Joyce
Robinson’s
gems and jewelry settings are beautiful, natural, earthly treasures
that heal body, mind
and soul. And local
artists Shirley Dickie
and Arlene McLeod are
included this year as
guest artists.
As well as the art,
a big part of the surprise is the pleasure of
a TinTown Christmas
experience. Shoppers
can wander from studio to studio enjoying
the festive decorations,
nibbling and sipping on
refreshments, listening
to carolers, delighting
in conversations with
artists and friends as
well as the samples,
demos and wares of
TinTown businesses
open for the event.

It’s a neighbourhood
affair with old-time
hospitality that offsets
the usual stresses of
the season.
It’s all available in
one fun day Dec. 8 in
TinTown on Rosewall
Crescent in Courtenay.
For more information,
contact Colleen at 250338-4756.
— TinTown Artists

Make it an out-ofthe-box
Christmas
with memorable oneof-a-kind art gifts made
by the creative folks of
TinTown.
On Dec. 8 from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., the TinTown Artists serve up
an uncommon array
of jewelry, paintings,
sculpture, stained glass
and crystal window art
priced for gift giving at
their Christmas Sale
and Open House.
At this artists’ village shopping experience, gift buying is
guaranteed to be pleasurable, local, personal,
inspirational, affordable and different.
Stained glass artist
Nancy Morrison will
have her working studio resplendent with
sparkling Christmas
ornament wind chimes
as well as her lightdynamic larger works.
Forty-year fine arts
veteran Robert Moon
has turned his attention to drawing in sterling sliver producing
unique handcrafted
necklaces and earrings.
Colleen
Hussey’s
whimsical sculptures of
found objects, vintage
items and written word
evoke memories and
feelings and more than
a hint of her humour.
Barb Hutson’s paintings are a triumph of
colour, dimension, texture and soul and this
season she features
gift-sized small paintings.
Rustworks
revisioned metal and
crystal window art
and jewelry by Roberta Meilleur light up
homes and hearts with
oodles of rainbows, eyecatching designs and
unexpected delight.
Gwen Hendrickson’s
paintings take bold,
bright and beautiful to

GET OFF THE couch for a classic shakedown! The Relentless Couchmen
play Dec. 7 at the Waverley with new member Jenn Forsland.

her from a few return
engagements
with
Swing Set.
Graham is best
known for her solo
vocals with local group
Indigo Jazz, and for her
previous work in the
folk and Celtic genres.
Two Swing Set
CDs will be for sale.
Swing Set Live at Joe’s
Garage is the quartet’s
most recent release,
featuring accompanied
and a cappella selec-

tions. Also, there are
just a few copies left of
Merry Christmas from
Swing Set, the group’s
a cappella recording of
Christmas and seasonal favourites.
Catch Swing Set on
Dec. 7 at the warm and
welcoming Zocalo Café.
Admission is by donation. Reserve now at
250-331-0933 to guarantee a seat at the 5:30
or the 8 show.
— Swing Set

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in the Comox Valley,
directing the Just In
Time Vocal Jazz choirs
as well as performing
solo and with Swing
Set. Wendy’s passion
and commitment are
her musical trademarks.
Forsland fronts the
Jenn Forsland Group,
directs the Celebration
Singers, teaches music
privately and in the
schools, and is an indemand adjudicator for
music festivals.
Weckesser is a stunning soloist with classical as well as jazz
credentials. Her 2011
move to Cowichan
Bay has not deterred

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Swing Set returns
to celebrate Christmas
with juicy jazz harmonies.
The popular a cappella jazz quartet, featuring Jenn Forsland,
Wendy Nixon Stothert,
Michelle Weckesser and
Dale Graham, performs
two shows on Dec. 7 at
the Zocalo Café.
Reservations
are
highly recommended
— this event brought
capacity crowds last
year, and some folks
were turned away. Call
250-331-0933 to reserve
your table for either the
5:30 or the 8 sitting.
Stothert
is
an
acclaimed music leader

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Looking for a unique
and beautiful Christmas gift that will last a
lifetime?
Artist Sofie Skapski
is opening her studio
for a pre-Christmas
show and sale Dec. 8
and 9 from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. both days.
Come and enjoy the
ambience of an oldtime cottage, with a
welcoming wood stove,
hot mulled apple cider
and tasty treats, while
you browse the display
of paintings that range
from striking close-ups
of native flowers and
inviting forest scenes
to moody seascapes, in
an array of sizes.
Some selected pieces are available at discounted prices. Sofie
also has a large selection of cards and prints,
perfect for Christmas
giving.
Sofie’s style flows
from soft-edged representational works
to lyrical mosaic-like
paintings, all executed
in water miscible oils.
She explores colour,
light and shade, concentrating on the spaces between her subjects
as much as the subjects
themselves.
She likes to bring
small things close and
look at her subjects
from different perspectives as she shares her
visceral reaction to the
natural world in her
works.
Skapski is an international artist with
work in private collections in Canada, the
United States, Mexico,
Australia and England. Sofie has lived in
the Comox Valley since
2004 and paints out of
her home studio.
She is also a regular
contributor to Island
Arts Magazine, and has
work on display year
round in a number of
Comox Valley venues,
as well as galleries in
Qualicum Beach and
Ucluelet. Visit her website at www.sofieskapskiart.com.
Her studio is at 1535
Piercy Ave. in Courtenay. It can be accessed
from Cumberland Road
or 17th Street — just
look for the cute yellow
cottage with orange
and green trim!
In the spirit of
Christmas
giving,
please bring a non-perishable food donation
for the Comox Valley
Food Bank. Every donor
will receive a free hand
made ornament, while
supplies last.
— Sophie
Skapski

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must ﬁll each row, column and box.
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It was a banner year,
to say the least, for Olympic distance runner Cam
Levins, whose name has
been added to the Walk of
Achievement Olympians
plaque at the Comox Valley
Sports Centre.
The Black Creek athlete
was honoured in a Tuesday
ceremony at the Comox Valley Regional District boardroom, where his parents,
Barb and Gus, and members of the public watched a
short film featuring him in
action at the 2012 London
Games.
Levins placed 11th in
the 10,000 metres. He also
became the first Canadian
in a century to qualify for a
5,000m final.
The 2007 Vanier graduate set a personal best
of 13:18.29 in the 5,000m
qualifying round. The race
was among the fastest
heats in Olympic history.
“I had to run fast in order
to make it through,” said
Levins, 23.
Great Britain’s Mo Farah
won the final in 13:41.66
to add the 5,000m to his
10,000m gold medal. American Bernard Lagat, an idol
of Levins, finished fourth in
13:42.99. Levins, beset by a
chest cold before the final,
ran 13:51.87, finishing 14th
in the 15-man field.
“It happens,” he said. “I’ll
be more prepared for it next
time. You do what you can
to try and stop it from happening. You can only control
some of the aspects. Lots of
guys fell in their races. Far
worse things could have
happened. At least I was
able to finish my races and
still give the best performance I could.”
Levins did not achieve a
personal best in his Olympic debut Aug. 4 but nevertheless ran the best-ever
10,000m Olympic race by
a Canadian. He clocked
27:40.68. His best is

CAM LEVINS OF Black Creek was honoured in a Tuesday ceremony at the CVRD board room.
PHOTO BY SCOTT STANFIELD

27:27.96 — second fastest
in Canadian history.
“I was very happy with
the 10k and my 5k heats.
After getting 11th in the
10k I was really hoping
to break into the top 10
in the 5k. It was a tough
day. Hopefully next time
I’m challenging for a medal
and I won’t even remember
that race.”
He was referring to the

2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for
which he can train full-time
after signing a long-term
sponsorship contract with
Nike.
He did so after running
his final NCAA race for
Southern Utah University
earlier this year. He graduated with a degree in exercise science.
With a population of

about 8,000 students, SUU
has not won a Division 1
NCAA track and field title,
but he said the school has
produced some all-Americans in the past decade or
so.
“That’s one of the reasons
why I went there because I
knew they had a good tradition of track and field,”
he said.
Before the Olympics,

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Levins had become the top
collegiate distance runner in North America by
winning the 5,000m and
10,000m at the prestigious
NCAA championships.
He had also won his
share of major competitions including the Mt.
Sac Relays 5,000m and the
Payton Jordan 10,000m,
where he achieved Olympic
standards. In the spring,

he won the North American, Central American and
Caribbean (NACAC) crosscountry championships in
Port of Spain, Trinidad.
He capped his season last
weekend by winning a third
straight title at the 2012
Canadian Cross Country
Championships at Jericho
Park in Vancouver. Levins
won a tight 10-kilometre
race in 29:41, just ahead of
Mohammed Ahmed of St.
Catharines, Ont. in 29:42.
Kelly Wiebe of Swift Current, Sask. won the bronze
in 29:45.
Levins ran about two
minutes, 15 seconds faster
than last year.
“The course was just a
mud pit last year,” he said.
“That’s the thing about
cross country, the times can
be hard to judge. But it was
a much faster day than last
year.”
Between now and 2016,
Levins will be a volunteer
coach at SUU. He will also
compete at the world cross
country championships in
Poland in March, and the
world track and field championships later in the year
and in following seasons.
“Lots of racing to do and
lots of experience to garner,”
he said. “I’ve been given a
very good opportunity by
Nike to allow me to train
and to chase my dreams.
“Hopefully have another
good 10 years – hopefully a
couple more Olympics.”
For the next year at least
he will continue living near
SUU. From there he and
his girlfriend will consider
their options. After completing a chemistry undergraduate degree, she will
enter pharmacy school.
“It’s a little bit dependent
on where she ends up as
well,” he said.
“If in the end I need to
go somewhere else from
where she is, what happens
happens, but ideally we’d
like to end up in the same
area.”
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Kickers women wrap up season with tough loss
The 2012 fall rugby
season has come to an
end for the CV Kickers women, who hosted
the Cowichan Piggies
Saturday for their final
match.
The beginning looked
hopeful as the Kickers
took possession right
from their own kick
off. Keeping the ball
tight and the forwards
making ground, the
ball was spun out to fly

half Sam Kreeger, who
like always ran her
way breaking tackles
and powering through
the opposition for an
impressive first try of
the game.
Front row Aimee
Burley, Lindsay Mallette and Susie Gilson
proved too powerful
for Cowichan. With the
Piggies’ forwards driving backwards in the
scrum, Mallette was

RUGBY
able to steal the ball.
With the ball in the
Piggies end, scrum
half Paula Moore hit
the corner for another
five points. Cowichan
answered back after a
few set plays to score
before the second half.
After the break,
Cowichan
changed
their game plan and

stepped it up. Hoping some fresh players would help, Comox
swapped some of the
lineup but fitness had
set in and the Piggies
were able to change the
game around.
With an array of
penalty calls and being
the last defender Carlie Beaulieu was forced
to make some great try
saving tackles. Inside
centre Lisa Breuer had

her usual standout
game, side-stepping a
number of green and
black numerous times
only to touch the ball
down after a great 55
metre run in the second half. Paula Moore,
always spot on with
her kicks, was able to
convert all three tries.
Laura Locklin joining the forward pack
for the first time this
season kept the for-

ward momentum for
the Kickers, earning
woman-of-the-match
honours along with
Breuer.
Final score Cowichan 42, Kickers 21.
“With the way we
played in the first 30
minutes, you would
think we had the
game,” Burley said.
“Fitness and some
simple mistakes cost
us the game. I am

proud of the way the
team played together,
Cowichan just wanted
it more. Now we can
take this and build on
it. Next time we meet
hopefully it will be a
different story.”
The Kickers continue
to train Thursdays at
6:30 p.m. at the Fallen
Alders Hall in Royston.
Anyone interested can
join them, or visit kickersrugby.ca.

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They fought like a
band of brothers
In the end, injuries
did in G.P. Vanier’s
football team which
contested the B.C. High
School Tier II Varsity
championship Saturday at UBC against the
Frank Hurt Hornets of
Surrey.
The Towhees had the
heart but after playing
what many consider
the real championship
against the Timberline
Wolves two weeks ago
in the Island final, they
also had the bruises.
At the end of the half
the score was Hornets
13, Towhees 12.
Vanier
brought
something they did not
expect and that was
adversity. The team’s
first touchdown run
was by the indomitable
Cody Fletcher, who carried the ball through
the Hornets’ defence.
In the second, quarterback Liam Pidsosny
threw to Jimmy Brazier for a touchdown.
Sadly, Brazier was
tackled hard in the
end zone resulting in a
knee injury that sidelined him the rest of the

game. The final Vanier
touchdown belonged
to rookie Nick Everill with a catch that
took him to the end
zone. The injured Mike
Roller at full back had
some great runs with a
combined total rushing
of 55 yards. Fletcher
carried the ball for 130
yards, a bit below his
season average of 155
yards per game. The
Hornets’ defence keyed
on him and managed
to read the plays and
slow him down.
Frank Hurt managed
another
touchdown
putting them ahead
20-12. This was followed by a Vanier
touchdown late in the
third with a catch by
Everill. Once again
Vanier was unable to
follow through with the
convert, bringing the
score to 20-18. Early
in the fourth the Hornets stung again with
another touchdown followed by two more on
a running convert. The
Towhees were unable
to answer this one and
the ball went back to

the Hornets who capitalized with another
six points to lead 34-18
with 4:30 left.
A beautiful flea flicker with Pidsosny pitching the ball to Fletcher,
Fletcher back to Pidsosny and then a pass
to Martin Erickson put
the Towhees back in
the game with great
field position. The next
play ended in an interception with the Hornets taking possession
on their 10 yard line.
With the clock ticking
the Towhees managed
to keep the Hornets
from another major but
were unable to score
again.
The final score was
Hornets 34, Towhees
18.
Vanier held as long
as they could but in the
end injuries were their
undoing.
At the beginning
of the season no one
expected the team to go
this far. In the hearts of
their coaches, parents
and fans, they are true
champions.
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As the final minutes and teams can register
of nervous energy and online before the Jan. 7
furious action ticked deadline to play.
Third place in the A
away in their championship games, both Tier went to defending
the Red Card Heroes champion Blue Toque
and Free Lions hit lock FC with an 8-6 win over
down mode to protect Cona Hostel, What!
The Spartans took fifth
their slim leads.
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rious in their respec- after defeating the
tive tiers of the Comox Untouchaballs by a 9-2
Valley Sports & Social count. Rounding out
Club’s co-ed Indoor the B Tier, third place
Soccer League. The Red went to the ToepuntCard Heroes, captained ers with a win over the
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managed a 5-4 win
over the Norwegian for all CVSSC’s winter
Refs in the A Tier final, sports leagues, which
while Free Lions cap- include indoor soctain Mandi Funk and cer, volleyball, dodgeher team held on for ball and floor hockey.
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and individuals can
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a break for December please visit the webbefore a winter version site, or contact Scott at
of the league starts up. 250-898-7286 or scott@
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United, Hellas remain deadlocked
The Comox Valley
United men’s division 3
team had an important
game Sunday as it was
trying to distance itself
from the Hellas in the
battle for first place in
the Vancouver Island
Soccer League.
In third is Vantreights of Victoria who
are only three points
behind. Hellas and
Comox Valley are tied
in points but United
has a game in hand.
Sunday’s home game
had some excitement
and nervousness to

MEN’S SOCCER
start as both teams
knew what was on the
line. The first 10 minutes saw both teams
feeling each other out,
trying to impose their
game on one another.
On a corner kick at
about the 15 minute
mark, a Hellas player
crossed the ball along
the ground to the near
post where a United
defenceman, a Hellas
forward and United’s
goalie were attacking

to stop the ball, which
somehow
squeezed
between all three and
ended up in the net.
Hellas led 1-0 at halftime.
Comox Valley slowly
took over in the second
half as it seemed their
opponent was tiring a
bit, or perhaps a sigh
in their play. United
was enjoying more possession and positional
play as it knocked on
the door for a goal.
At about the 65 minute mark, United winger Phil Ludwig crossed

the ball onto the head of
a fully extended Luke
Phye who headed up
over the goalie’s hand
into the far corner of
the net.
With it tied 1-1, the
game again became an
even match.
The last 25 minutes saw the teams
exchange a couple of
half chances, but the
game ended in a tie.
United has seven
games remaining, two
of which are against
Vanteights in the new
year.

Ecofish Whalers on a roll
Despite losing in the
gold medal game during the CFB Comox
tourney last weekend, the Whalers have
improved their game
and been on a roll.
Moving into the final
with three wins in as
many games, the team
displayed some exciting hockey.
Nancy Shields and
Jaime Banham shared
the shutouts. Captain
Allison Abraham took
away MVP of the final
game while Tamara
Berger (Avril Homes)
was voted fan favourite
with her never-ending

display of craftsmanship around the opposition’s net, scoring
multiple goals each
game.
The
Whalers
bounced back the following weekend with
wins against Nanaimo
and Parksville. Berger collected a couple
of hat-tricks and Sky
Zimmerman (Brian
McLean) notched her
first hat-trick. Sky
Niskasari (Canadian
Western Bank) and
Denise Davidson had
outstanding games on
defence, preventing the
opposition any scoring

opportunities.
The Whalers face
crosstown rivals, the
Breakers, on Saturday.
Puck drops at 9:15 p.m.
at the Glacier Garden
arena.

The team would
like to thank Ecofish
Research and Brian
McLean for their support, and coach Gary
Kremsater for his dedication and passion.

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Expensive Christmas gifts for anglers and hunters
B

uying that special gift for hunters and fishers
can be an expensive
venture that should
not be embarked upon
unless you have an
intimate knowledge of
the recipientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal
needs or better still
involve them in the
selection process even
though it may appear
under the Christmas
tree.
You can purchase an
unlimited number of
gifts for a fraction of
the costs involved with
the tackle illustrated
in the picture and I
will follow this column
with my usual stocking
stuffer column â&#x20AC;&#x201C; inexpensive gifts closer to
Christmas.
From the perspective of the column,
the fishing rods illustrated should be considered lifetime gifts
that may well outlast
the recipient and be
handed down to future
generations. The rod on
the lower part of the
picture is a four-piece,
8 1/2 foot, 4/5 weight
modern graphite rod
assembled and produced in B.C. by RST
at their assembly plant
in Terrace. The reel is a
RST Zirkon II -1 made
in Germany. This combination has a retail
value of about $1,000
at 2012 prices. The rod
above it is a two piece 8
Â˝ foot, 4/5 weight early
graphite model J Fleming that was made in
Coronation, Wash. The
reel is a Hardy Perfect
made in England. This
combination retailed
for about $600 when
we acquired it in the
early 1970s.
The rod was a gift to
Elaine and with it she
caught some mighty
trout and enjoyed the
appropriateness of the
rod to her size (very
small) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now that
she has withdrawn
from fishing I get to
use it. Both rods were
designed for very sensitive fly fishing. The
one rod is more than
40 years old and the
other is two years. I
think it is conservative
to estimate the J Fleming rod has been tested
by hundreds of fish
throughout its ongoing
fly fishing career â&#x20AC;&#x201D;
while the more youthful RST rod and reel
has just started its long
career as a quality fishing outfit.
I used these two
quality fly fishing combinations to illustrate
you get what you pay
for and while there
may be a heavy outlay
of money initially, over
the span of many years
of use the high initial
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rods have become popular with many local
anglers. Rods and reels
and lines in this innovative type of fly fishing will vary in costs
from $600 to more than
$1,000. For these types
of outfits it is almost
mandatory that the
recipient be involved in
the selection process. If
they are already into
the sport, a gift of a
teaching clinic may be
appropriate.
There are many
other types of fishing tackle that make
lasting gifts. Casting
reels, trolling reels and
accompanying rods are
always appropriate. To
truly cover the needs of
hard to buy for, important people on your
list, a suitable gift certificate that allows the
recipient to make their
own choice is often the
best solution.
Hunters, shooters
and archers can be challenging to buy suitable
gifts for, but there are

ways to pleasantly surprise. One of the most
memorable and lasting
gifts Elaine has given
me was a 7mm x 57
rifle that is still active
in the field today with
our daughter using it
in Port Hardy to hunt
deer.
Membership in an
appropriate club can be

a wonderful gift. If you
are giving a firearm or
special archery equipment the best way is
to involve the recipient
if at all possible. In the
case of firearms there
are training courses
to consider if they are
first time participants.
Gifts of quality can
last a lifetime.

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PHOTO BY RALPH SHAW

by the reliability of
the tackle over time.
There is not space in
this column to list the
brand names of quality fly fishing reels and
rods available in local
tackle shops but one
quality fly reel made in
Saanich by the Islander Fishing reels has

an international reputation for quality and
reliability under stress
by large fish such as
steelhead and salmon.
Personal floatation
devices (life jackets)
that cost from $200
and survival suits that
cost in excess of $300
are welcome gifts that

can be surprises.
Over the past few
years there has been a
noticeable shift in the
fly rods used in many
river and beach fishing situations that
require long casting in
sometimes restricted
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Born in Edmonton July 10, 1925
Bill Lawseth passed away peacefully on November 24,
2012 in Comox, BC after a period of prolonged illness. Bill
is survived in his immediate family by his spouse Sylvia, son
Don, granddaughter Andrea and half-brother Eric. In his 87
years, Bill was a cowboy, biker, seaman, railway man, curler,
golfer and all-round banter master. From his early days in
Jasper, Alberta, through his retirement in Comox, he loved to
kid around with friends and family. Never one to back away
from a challenge, he will be missed by those close to him.
A Celebration of Life will be held in the near future.For details,
please contact Don Lawseth at 250-468-1420 or dlawseth@
me.com

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Ariel Alma Furse

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October 18,1942-November 17, 2012
It is with extreme sorrow that
we announce the peaceful
passing of our dear wife,
mother, grandmother, sister
and friend, Ariel Furse,
surrounded by her family at St.
Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s General Hospital.
Ariel is survived by her loving
husband of 50 years, Ray, her
sister Joy (Carman), brother
Jim (Lucille), her four children
Marty (Carolyn), Rusty (Kari),
Shannon, and Gillian (Lane);
her eleven grandchildren;
Justin, Mikaela, Jonathan,
Julia, Jenna, Malia, Natasha,
Ariel, Miranda, Donovan, and
Zachary and many loving nieces and nephews, relatives and
friends.
Ariel was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan. Her family soon
moved to Saskatoon. Extremely accomplished in whatever
she did, she became a concert violinist (Saskatoon Symphony
7 years), Saskatchewan Provincial high diving champion for
junior ladies, national level gymnast, and probably the best
â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;jiverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the city.
Ray and Ariel fell in love and a year and a half later, were
married on January 2, 1963. A three day â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;honeymoonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in 20
below winter in a borrowed car and then to work. Ariel earned
her PHT (Putting Hubby Through university) as a private
secretary while Ray earned his B.Comm at U. of S. Moving
to Calgary in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;66 and on to Prince Rupert in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;68 and then on
to their final home in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;74, Courtenay, B.C. In Courtenay, all
heaven broke loose when the family met Jesus with Ariel
leading the way. On our small â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; she raised her family
and became a world class cook, a very creative seamstress,
taught violin lessons, became a top level hair stylist, hosted
exciting bible studies in our kitchen, and after her first two
strokes five years ago, became a very accomplished artist.
A celebration of Arielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life will take place on Dec. 1, 2012
at Comox Pentecostal Church at 2 p.m. Reception and
fellowship to follow in the Church fellowship hall. In lieu of
flowers, donations can be made to the B.C. Stroke Foundation
in Arielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name.
A special thank you to Fran McGuckin, Arielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best friend,
for her love and help in the years after Arielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first stroke five
years ago. And to Dr. Peter Gee for going beyond the call
and to all the doctors and nurses and staff at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Hospital (especially Emergency, ICU, and 3rd Floor) who
gave exceptional compassionate care to Ariel and our family.
Special thanks as well to the Stroke and Speech Therapy
Group in Campbell River and Nanaimo for their special
support and friendship. And to her â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Painting groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; friends
who gave Ariel real â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;life after strokeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; fun.
And for His mysterious and wonderful grace, our family thank
our wonderful Lord and friend, Jesus.

March 20, 1938 - November 26, 2012
With saddened hearts we wish to announce the passing of
Art on November 26, at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria with
his wife Klara and son Rob at his bedside.
Art was born in Rimbey, Alberta on March 20, 1938 to Isobelle
and Charles (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Billâ&#x20AC;?) Montalbetti.
Art enjoyed his career with the Toronto-Dominion Bank.
He was predeceased by his parents and his one sister Patricia.
He is survived by his wife Klara of almost 45 years and his
son Robert of Redcliff, Alberta and his grandsons, Cody
of Medicine Hat, and Cole of Brooks, Alberta, as well as
nieces and nephews and his aunt Rina Montalbetti in Italy.
He will be sadly missed as well by his feline buddy Chester.
Art and Klara moved to the Comox Valley in 1980. Art enjoyed
gardening, freshwater fishing, camping and the fastball
games at Lewis Park and Cumberland.
He will be missed. For those wishing in Artâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s memory,
donations to the Heart and Stroke Foundation; P.O. Box 1225,
Comox, BC, V9N 7Z8 or the charity of your choice would be
appreciated.
A gathering of family and friends to Celebration his Life will be
held at a later date.

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Nicholson, Patricia Rose (nee Brown)

September 29, 1941 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; November 21, 2012
It is with extreme sadness the
family announces the passing
of our beloved Wife, Mother,
and Grandmother.
Pat passed away peacefully at
the age of 71, in St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
Hospital
on
Wednesday,
November the 21st with her
husband and family at her
side. She is predeceased by
her mother Audrey, father
Jack, and brother Jack. Pat is
survived by and will be greatly
missed by her loving husband
Jim,
daughters
Darlene
(Faruk) and Karen. Grandchildren, Robert (Janice), Amanda,
Samantha, Russell, Isaac, and Marylee. Great-grandchildren,
Devan and Isaiah. Sisters, Dean (Garth) and Anne (Dan), and
nieces and nephews.
Pat was born in Vancouver in 1941. She met the love of her
life Jim, in Gibsons in 1956 and went on to marry and have
two daughters, Darlene and Karen. She later retired to the
Comox Valley in 2000 where she enjoyed gardening, cooking,
reading, feeding the squirrels and birds, spending time with
her cat Holly and taking her dog Gigi for walks on the beach
with her husband. Pat was a proud grandmother who loved to
spent time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
The family would like to thank Dr. Swanson, Dr. Murphy, Dr.
Thomas and Ursula in ICU as well as all other nurses and staff
at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for their compassionate care.
Patâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Funeral Service will take place on Monday, December
3rd, at 1:00PM from Comox Valley Funeral Home, Cremation
and Reception Centre, 1101 Ryan Road. Interment will follow
at Courtenay Civic Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Y.A.N.A.
495 Fitzgerald Ave., Courtenay, BC V9N 2R1

DEATHS

Eric Toneff

DEATHS

Leary, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonnieâ&#x20AC;? Catherine Elizabeth
March 11, 1943- November 22, 2012
It is with great sadness that we
announce the passing of Bonnie
Leary on November 22 at St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital, Comox. Bonnie
leaves behind her loving and devoted husband of over 42 years,
Michael. She is also lovingly remembered by her two children,
Heather and Darren (Carla),
grandchildren Jake and Emerson,
twin brother Bruce and brother
Colin (Marg) Watson.
In her youth, after moving from
her birthplace of Vancouver
and settling in Royston, she became fully engaged in many
sports, dance recitals, youth groups and majorettes. She and
Michael chose to live and raise their family in the old family
house after their marriage.
Subsequent to attending Victoria College (University of Victoria) and UBC, Bonnie returned to her beloved Comox Valley
to follow a career as a primary teacher for three years each at
Courtenay and Puntledge Park schools.
In her retirement, Bonnie and Mike spent many years camping, hiking, canoeing, travelling and working in their large
showplace garden, of which she was deservedly proud. Many
of their adventures were spent with close friends whose support and friendship she valued until her death.
The family would like to thank all the doctors and support
care given to Bonnie throughout her battle with cancer. Many
thanks to Dr. K Swanson and St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital for their
superb care.
A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, December 15 at
1:00pm at Piercyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mt. Washington Funeral Home.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Canadian
Cancer Society.

~ In Loving Memory~
GENE HARDER
Dec. 24,1953-Nov.30,2011
A Year has passed, those
we love go out of sight, but
never out of mind.
They are cherished in the
hearts of those they
leave behind.
Loving and kind in
all his ways,
Upright and just in all his
days,
Sincere and true in
heart and mind,
Beautiful memories he
left behind.

HELP WANTED
AN ALBERTA Construction
Company is hiring Dozer and
Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in
oilﬁeld road and lease construction. Lodging and meals
provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required.
Call Contour Construction at
780-723-5051.

The person we are looking
for will be organized and be
able to process orders
accurately. Knowledge of
the building trades an asset.
Neat in appearance and be
able to deal tactfully &
pleasantly with customers
and also have a ﬂair for
home décor.
Please bring your resume’
to: Attn: Dawn Elgin
Central Builders Supply
Home Hardware
610 Anderton Avenue
HAIR STYLIST required. Full
or Part Time, guaranteed
wage or commission. True
Dimensions
Hair
Design.
Please reply to:
stylinghair101@hotmail.com

Quinsam Communications
is looking for a qualiﬁed
Two-way Radio Technician
2 years experience preferred
Wage to be determined
by experience.
Email: topper@quinsam.ca
or Fax: 250-287-4511
Required for an Alberta
Trucking Company. One Class
1 Driver. Must have a minimum of 5 years experience
pulling low boys and driving off
road. Candidate must be able
to pass a drug test and be
willing to relocate to Edson,
Alberta. Scheduled Days Off.
Call Lloyd 780-723-5051

CONNECTING JOB
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Happy

50th
Wedding
Anniversary

The Comox Valley Record will once again

Birthdays
publish a Christmas Tree Directory every
Weddings
Berylissue
Barnes
Wednesday Bill
and&Friday
from
Special Occasions
Married
Dec.
1,
1962
in
Victoria,
November 21 to December BC
21.

Think of him as living
in the heart of those
he touched for nothing
loved is ever lost
and he was loved so much.
Love Mary, Family and Friends,

That in accordance with
The Warehouse Lien
Act, there will be sold by
Comox Moving and
Storage, 1734 Ryan Rd.,
E, Comox, BC, at the
Auction rooms of Auction
House Vancouver Island,
1611 Hudson Rd.,
Comox, BC on the 18th
day of December 2012
and at subsequent sales
thereafter until sold,
the following lots of
Household Goods
belonging to the
following: Mr. Don Raffa.

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Friday, November 30, 2012

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

Air Brake Course
December 15 & 16

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

C H A I R R E N TA L

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This is an exciting opportunity for Stylists to do contemporary work.
Weekly hair cutting seminars are included with the chair rental.

Become a Community
Support Worker
Hands-on training
to get you job ready and
hired in the following ﬁelds:

Kitty Coleman Beach Park Board
Box 3693, Courtenay, BC V9N 7P1
Only those short listed will be contacted
HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Comox Medical Clinic
is looking for an immediate hire for a

Part-time Registered Nurse
to join our team.
This fast paced clinic is looking for the right
candidate to have excellent nursing skills,
good inter-personal qualities and have the
ability to multi-task in a busy environment.
The position is 2 mornings per week, plus
holiday and sick coverage.
If you think you have what it takes to join
this great team, please submit a resume in
person or via email.
Attention: Candice Wheeldon
candice.comoxmedical@shaw.ca
Only selected candidates will be contacted.
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We currently have the following openings:

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WFP offers a competitive salary and a
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that you have the skills and qualifications that we
are looking for, please reply in confidence to:

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SALES PROFESSIONAL
REQUIRED
Parksville Car dealership is looking for a
professional and motivated sales person.
No experience necessary but must have a
great attitude and be a team player.
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RECEPTIONIST/Secretar y
P/T for a law ofďŹ ce. Must possess interpersonal skills, a excellent phone manner along
with good computer skills that
include MS Word, Adobe Acrobat & Outlook. Email resume
heathercrandall@shawbiz.ca

HEAVY DUTY Mechanic (Fraser
Valley).
We are a well established medium
size contractor serving the Lower
Mainland and Fraser Valley area
since 1969. We are recruiting a
Heavy Duty Mechanic stationed at
our Abbotsford shop. You will be responsible to service, maintain and
repair our ďŹ&#x201A;eet of mobile paving and
grading equipment in addition to undertaking basic welding and fabricating duties to upkeep equipment.
Must have a good understanding of
hydraulic and electrical systems
and have a keen eye for preventative maintenance practice. You
must have a valid class 5 BC driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license and a safe driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abstract in order to drive our service
truck to respond to ďŹ eld service requests. A min 3yr experience is
needed along with Interprovincial
Heavy Duty Mechanic CertiďŹ cate
and you must possess an ability to
work in a team environment and at
times with limited supervision. This
is a unionized position paying very
competitive wages and an extensive beneďŹ ts package for the right
candidate. Respond by email to:
nickjs@telus.net

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Comox Valley
Record Hours:
MONDAY TO FRIDAY
8:30AM-5:00PM
765 MCPHEE AVENUE
COURTENAY
SOUTH COUNTRY Feed and
Supply is now accepting resumes for the position of retail
sales associate. Must have
strong background in equestrian knowledge and equipment. Drop off resume in person at South Country Feed
and Supply, 2901 Moray Avenue, Courtenay.

VOLUNTEERS

PROFESSIONAL/
MANAGEMENT

PROGRAM
WORKER
Community
Integration
Program
Worker
required immediately by
The Community Integration Program (CIP) at the
Comox Valley Child Development
Association.
This is a 12 hour/week,
after school hours position to start ASAP. The
applicant must be able to
work with and establish
rapport with children; be
able to work independently and within a team
environment and have
excellent communication
skills. QualiďŹ cation skills
include: CertiďŹ cation in
Child and Youth Care,
Human Service Worker
Program, or appropriate
training in Child and
Youth Care, and two
years of recent relevant
experience working with
families
and
groups;
Class 4 Driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s License
and First Aid training.
The successful candidate will provide recreational and social activities for children with
mental handicaps based
on client and parent preferences. Wage is per
HSA community sector.
Resumes to:
Michelle Erikson,
Human Resources
Manager,
michelle@cvcda.ca
237 Third Street,
Courtenay, BC, V9N
1E1. Closing date:
December 6, 2012.

Accomplished keyboard performer & music producer,
John Mang, is now offering
lessons on piano, organ,
synthesizer and other keyboard systems. Learn to play
and perform a broad range
of contemporary music and
sounds as heard on classic
and current hit recordings.
Email or call to
arrange lessons.
mangsong@shaw.ca
250.941.4144

DO YOU CARE about where you live? Do high standards of maintenance, service and cleanliness matter
to you? Do you prefer quiet, mature neighbours?
If yes, please give us a call and discover how the
quality of ownership and management makes all the
difference. We have the best managed, finest apartments in the most convenient locations in the Comox
Valley. Locally owned - we own and manage our own
buildings only. There is a difference! Please refer to
available apartments listed below.

CEDAR MANOR
463 12th Street
LARGE TWO BEDROOM over 1,100 sq. ft. - unique
through floor plan with cross ventilation. Very bright
and spacious. Recently renovated. Country kitchen,
fireplace, in suite washer/dryer. Full sized kitchen
appliances. Security entry. Quiet, well maintained
adult building just three blocks from downtown. Call
David @ 250-338-0267 or John @ 250-703-2264.

ARRAN HOUSE APARTMENTS
1015 Cumberland Rd
2 BEDROOM SUITE available in wellrespected, adult-oriented building. Close
to downtown, and ideal for seniors with
bus stop out front. Arran House is well
managed and maintained, and offers a
friendly and secure atmosphere. House cat
accepted with pet deposit.

TWO BEDROOM over 1,000 sq. ft. Centrally located
near downtown and Safeway complex. Very attractive
suite with large, designer kitchen, ensuite and five full
sized appliances. Quiet, mature neighbours. Well
maintained and well managed building. Security
entry. Call John @ 250-703-2264.

In-suite storage with washer
and dryer. Small pets welcome.

BEECHER MANOR

RUTHERFORD MANOR

HYCROFT
1835 Cliffe Ave.

1045 Cumberland Road

1075 Edgett Road, Courtenay

ONE BEDROOM nicely renovated in a quiet, mature
adult building in central Courtenay. Very spacious.
Well maintained and managed. Elevator and Security
entry. Also Two Bedroom. Call David @ 250-3380267.

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BRIGHT AND SPACIOUS 1 & 2 bedroom condos available close to downtown - 2 bedroom
unit features 1.5 baths. This quiet, well maintained building suits mature adults. Bus stop is
conveniently located out front. Small dogs accepted with pet deposit.
Call 250-334-9717

2946 Kilpatrick Ave. Church Phone: 250-338-1312
Morning Service 11am
Evening Service 7pm
Need healing from a wounded heart? Need to be free
from guilt or shame? Want to be forgiven of all sin
and have a clean slate on life?
Come and receive healing and forgiveness
through Jesus Christ.

CHRIST THE KING
CATHOLIC CHURCH
1599 Tunner Drive, COURTENAY
250-334-4716

Weekly draws for
Gift Certiﬁcates
Weekly winners
will be published
in the Wednesday
Editions of the
Comox Valley Record
Contest closes
Saturday,
December 15th
at 5pm
Grand Prize Draw:
Wednesday,
December 19th

Guaranteed Lowest Prices
*Applies only to our major supermarket competitors’ print advertisements (i.e. ﬂyer, newspaper). We will match the competitor’s advertised price
only during the effective date of the competitor’s print advertisement. Our major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us and are
based on a number of factors which can change from time to time. Identical items are deﬁned as same brand, item type (in the case of produce,
meat and bakery), size and attributes and carried at this store location. We will not match competitors’ “multi-buys” (eg. 2 for $4), “spend x get
x”, “Free”, “clearance”, discounts obtained through loyalty programs, or offers related to our third party operations (post ofﬁce, gas bars, dry
cleaners etc.). We reserve the right to cancel or change the terms of this promise at any time.

We Match Prices!
*Look for the symbol in store. WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITES (note that our major
supermarket competitors may not). Due to the fact that product is ordered prior to the time of our Ad
Match checks, quantities may be limited. We match select items in our major supermarket competitors’
ﬂyers throughout the week. Major supermarket competitors are determined solely by us based on
a number of factors which can vary by store location. We match identical items (deﬁned as same
brand, size, and attributes) and for fresh produce, meat and bakers, we match a comparable item (as
determined solely by us).